Deborah L Myerson

Deborah Myerson is senior research and policy fellow for the ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing, and founder/principal of Myerson Consulting, specializing in housing and community development.

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Issues and Trends
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Multifamily
Sacred Space: Churches Turn Surplus Land into Housing
As congregations across North America grapple with shrinking membership and aging facilities, a new opportunity is emerging: transforming faith-owned land into affordable housing and community-serving spaces. At the 2025 ULI Fall Meeting in San Francisco, panelists in the session “Spiritual Brownfields: Declining Congregations and Opportunities for Housing on Faith-Owned Land” explored how churches and developers are partnering to bring mission-driven housing to underused sacred sites.
November 10, 2025
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Development and Construction
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Multifamily
Finding Stability Amid Volatility: What’s Next for the Cost of Housing Development
At the 2025 ULI Fall Meeting in San Francisco, leaders from across the development and construction industries discussed how they are adapting to a volatile yet stabilizing housing landscape in a session called “Report from the Field: Wrestling with the Cost of Housing Construction.” Despite headlines about tariffs, labor shortages, and inflation, the panelists agreed that the cost environment has settled into what one called a “new normal.”
November 10, 2025
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Deborah L Myerson
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Design and Planning
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Attainable Housing
Building the Future 2025: A Blueprint for Housing Innovation
Even as national policy support becomes less predictable, many states and localities are hard at work developing pragmatic, scalable housing solutions.
July 30, 2025
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Development and Construction
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Master-Planned Communities
Tech-Driven Transformation of Master-Planned Communities
At the ULI Spring Meeting 2025 session “Mastering Innovation: Tech-Driven Transformation of Planned Communities,” two prominent community developers—Laura Cole, senior vice president at Lakewood Ranch, and Fred Balda, president of Hillwood Communities—discussed how digital tools and data are reshaping large-scale developments. Moderated by Cecilian Partners’ Philip Worland, the conversation highlighted the role of technology in revolutionizing both front-end and back-end operations in the master-planned community (MPC) sector.
June 23, 2025
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Development and Construction
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Master-Planned Communities
The Future of Master-Planned Communities in a Shifting Builder-Developer Landscape
At the 2025 ULI Spring Meeting, leaders from Oxland Group, Taylor Morrison, and Highland Homes convened for a panel titled “The New Builder/Developer Dynamic: Partnering for Success in a Shifting Market.” Tom Woliver, co-president and founder of Oxland Group, moderated the discussion with Erik Heuser, chief corporate operations officer for Taylor Morrison, and Jeff Stinson, senior vice president of Highland Homes.
June 6, 2025
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Deborah L Myerson
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Issues and Trends
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Attainable Housing
Legalizing More Housing Construction with State and Local Innovations
Making infill development easier, adding a state role to local land-use controls, and connecting housing with transit were some of the top trends in housing policy that emerged on May 9 at the 2024 ULI/Charles H. Shaw Forum on Urban Community Issues. The forum topic, “State and Local Innovations to Expand Housing Opportunities,” reflected something that many communities around the United States are grappling with: dire housing shortages.
June 27, 2024
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Deborah L Myerson
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Design and Planning
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Attainable Housing
ULI Announces Finalists for 2024 Jack Kemp, Terwilliger Center Innovation Awards
The ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing has announced three finalists for this year’s Jack Kemp Excellence in Affordable and Workforce Housing Award and eight finalists for the Terwilliger Center Award for Innovation in Attainable Housing.
June 18, 2024
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Capital Markets and Finance
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Attainable Housing
New Opportunities and Challenges for Financing Affordable Housing
In the session “Financing Tools to Make Affordable Deals Pencil” at the 2024 ULI Housing Opportunity Conference, panelists shared a variety of tools and strategies designed to support the production of more affordable housing.
June 17, 2024
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Deborah L Myerson
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Issues and Trends
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Attainable Housing
Leveraging Land for More U.S. Housing with Innovative Partnerships
At the 2024 ULI Housing Opportunity Conference, panelists discussed the topic of “Innovative Partnerships to Leverage Land for More Housing,” including strategies to add to local housing supplies by leveraging underutilized land owned by houses of worship and school districts.
May 28, 2024
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Deborah L Myerson
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Issues and Trends
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Attainable Housing
State and Local Housing Policy Innovations Having National Impact
Land use is local, and so are many housing policy opportunities. In the 2024 ULI Housing Opportunity Conference session, “A Look Back on the Latest State and Local Housing Policy Innovations,” moderator Michael Wilt, senior manager of external relations for the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation, asked the panelists: “The dynamics and conversations around housing are changing a lot. What is going to net the greatest benefits?”
May 22, 2024
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