Kevin A. Park is an economist on the Foundational Research Team in Fannie Mae’s Economic and Strategic Research Group. He is responsible for research on affordable housing and sustainable homeownership, with a primary focus on rural and manufactured housing, accessory dwelling units, and the National Mortgage Database. He has published papers on mortgage insurance, access to credit, property appraisals, and other housing finance topics in Housing Policy Debate, the Journal of Housing Economics, and other academic journals.
Prior to his current position, Kevin served as an economist in the Housing Finance Analysis division of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), conducting research and evaluations for the Federal Housing Administration, including estimation of the FHA TOTAL (Technology Open to Approved Lenders) Mortgage Scorecard. Prior to his position with HUD, he was a graduate research assistant at The University of North Carolina Center for Community Capital and a research assistant at Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies.
Kevin has a B.A. in economics and government from The College of William and Mary, an M.P.A. from Brown University, and a Ph.D. in city and regional planning from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
