Introduction

As part of a broader collaboration with Enterprise Community Partners to reframe the public discussion of affordable housing, the FrameWorks Institute conducted peer discourse sessions with members of the public about the topic of affordable housing. Peer discourse sessions are group-based, facilitated conversations that identify patterns of reasoning about a topic and explore the ability of reframing strategies to shift discussion and thinking in productive directions and boost support for solutions. This memo reports key findings from these sessions. It highlights challenges that communicators face and offers initial recommendations for addressing these challenges.