As someone who has worked in the homebuilding industry for more than forty-five years, I have never seen the housing situation more desperate. The combination of rising rents and unsustainable housing costs is wreaking havoc on families across America. Inexplicably, the affordable housing crisis is generally an afterthought in our public discourse. Health care, tax reform, infrastructure, and the latest political scandals dominate the attention of lawmakers in Washington. Yet the affordable housing crisis has a very real impact on millions of our fellow citizens and responding resolutely to it is profoundly important for our nation’s economy and future prosperity.