Troutman Pepper Locke’s Dallas Mayor Eric L. Johnson testified on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs at the hearing “Housing Roadblocks: Paving A New Way to Address Affordability.”
Mayor Johnson was invited by U.S. Senator Tim Scott, chairman of the committee, to share his perspective on housing affordability and potential solutions to the affordable housing crisis.
First elected in June 2019, Mayor Johnson was re-elected in May 2023 with 98.7% of the vote, breaking a 114-year-old record for the highest vote percentage garnered by a mayoral candidate facing any opposition in Dallas history.
Throughout his legal career, Mayor Johnson has developed extensive experience representing major issuers of municipal securities as well as national and regional investment banking firms that underwrite municipal securities.
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