"No one pays attention to these surveys because they paint a grim picture people already expect to hear," he says. "You have to tell the people something they don't know."
Fannie Mae's Carr says one of the challenges of making the affordable housing crisis an issue that resonates with the public is getting people to see that it's not a "zero sum game." As a zero sum game, people are strictly perceiving that if they do so something to increase affordable housing they are losing something in the process, like having to pay more taxes, according to Carr.
"We have to look at solutions that fall outside the box," he adds.
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