Arica Young is the Director of Housing Access and Affordability, at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy focused on expanding homeownership opportunities for households. She leads efforts to build, facilitate, and support the Innovations in Manufactured and Modular Housing national coalition focused on expanding homeownership opportunities for households using construction innovations and reforms to housing finance and homeownership. Prior to coming to the Lincoln Institute, she worked as Associate Director, Housing at the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC)-Terwilliger Center for Housing Policy. At the BPC, Dr. Young wrote about innovations in residential construction and land-use policies, with a focus on construction innovation. For over 25 years, Dr. Young has worked on the intersection between international economics and community forms expertise covering economic community development and resilience, zoning and land use, global trends in low income and entry-level housing, and alternative community forms. She holds a PhD in Planning, Governance and Globalization from Virginia Tech, and an Master’s Degree in German/European Studies from the Georgetown University School, and is U.S. Green Building Council LEED Building + Design accredited professional.