Rick A. Lazio, head of the firm's Affordable Housing team in the New York office, recently published an article in Mortgage Observer, titled "Can the 114th Congress Make a Difference?" The piece identifies several legislative and policy factors that could help determine whether the real estate sector continues its sluggish pace of growth, or begins to take the leaps of which it is capable. Rick identifies the potential power that the new Congress can have in passing important legislation and helping boost the real estate and housing markets in the United States. Please visit the Mortgage Observer website to read the article.