Daniel Hornung is a nonresident fellow in the Housing Finance Policy Center and a senior fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Previously, he served nearly a decade in economic policy roles at the White House during the Obama and Biden administrations, most recently as deputy assistant to the president and deputy director of the National Economic Council. He oversaw the council’s work on housing policy, tax and fiscal policy, and macroeconomic analysis, including leading policy development for the American Rescue Plan, the Inflation Reduction Act, the Fiscal Responsibility Act, and the Housing Supply Action Plan.
Hornung previously served as a law clerk to Judge Merrick Garland on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals and worked during the Obama administration in the Office of the Chief of Staff and the Office of Management and Budget.
Hornung holds a BA in economics and political science from Yale College and a JD from Yale Law School.
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