BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20251210T180000Z DTEND:20251210T193000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Government Affairs Meeting 12/10/25 DESCRIPTION:Playbooks for Housing and Economic Growth for St. Cloud and Minnesota\n\n\n\nA joint Government Affairs meeting of the Central Minnesota Builders Association and the St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce.\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n Wednesday\, December 10\n 12:00 1:30 p.m. (doors open at 11:30 a.m.)\n Light lunch provided\n No cost to attend but registration is required.\n CentraCare South Point: 3001 Clearwater Road\, Saint Cloud\, MN 56301\n\n\nHousing remains a cornerstone of the American dream and the national economy\, yet a persistent supply demand imbalance has pushed the U.S. housing market into crisis. Rising prices and reduced workforce mobility are straining communities nationwide. To address this shortage\, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AEI Housing Center have released Strong Foundations: A Playbook for Housing and Economic Growth\, a guide offering state and local leaders practical\, actionable solutions. The playbook features location-specific data on affordability\, net migration\, and homeless displacement pressure\, helping officials make informed decisions to strengthen housing stability and support economic growth. Toby will introduce this national initiative and highlight its relevance to St. Cloud and Minnesota.\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Tobias Peter\, Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the American Enterprise Institute's Housing Center in Washington\, D.C. His work focuses on housing risk\, mortgage markets\, federal housing policy\, and first-time homebuyers. He has testified before Congress\, and his research has appeared in the Wall Street Journal\, American Banker\, and Business Insider. Toby holds a master's in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and a bachelor's degree in history and applied economics from the College of St. Scholastica. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:


\nPlaybooks for Housing and Economic Growth for St. Cloud and Minnesota
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\nA joint Government Affairs meeting of the Central Minnesota Builders Association and the St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce.

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Housing remains a cornerstone of the American dream and the national economy\, yet a persistent supply&ndash\;demand imbalance has pushed the U.S. housing market into crisis. Rising prices and reduced workforce mobility are straining communities nationwide. To address this shortage\, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AEI Housing Center have released Strong Foundations: A Playbook for Housing and Economic Growth\, a guide offering state and local leaders practical\, actionable solutions. \;The playbook features location-specific data on affordability\, net migration\, and homeless displacement pressure\, helping officials make informed decisions to strengthen housing stability and support economic growth. Toby will introduce this national initiative and highlight its relevance to St. Cloud and Minnesota.
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\nSpeaker: Tobias Peter\, Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the American Enterprise Institute&rsquo\;s Housing Center in Washington\, D.C. His work focuses on housing risk\, mortgage markets\, federal housing policy\, and first-time homebuyers. He has testified before Congress\, and his research has appeared in the Wall Street Journal\, American Banker\, and Business Insider. Toby holds a master&rsquo\;s in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and a bachelor&rsquo\;s degree in history and applied economics from the College of St. Scholastica.
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\n LOCATION:CentraCare South Point 3001 Clearwater Road Saint Cloud\, MN 56301 UID:e.2754.12424 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260415T013232Z URL:https://chambermaster.stcloudareachamber.com/events/details/government-affairs-meeting-12-10-25-12424 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR