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Sociologist, researching housing finance, access, and stability and increasingly, how AI plays a role in access. Princeton + UW-Madison alum. Subscribe to Housing Matters for more https://www.tfaforms.com/5031732?tfa_1927=HM
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We are in the middle of an affordable housing crisis. Eliminating CDBG and HOME and cutting voucher and assistance programs will have disastrous impacts on affordable supply and stability for households and families. static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...

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Trump's budget would cut essential affordable housing programs by 44%, thus eliminate assistance for the nation's poorest households, plus kill homelessness grants & block grants for city infrastructure. bsky.app/profile/yona... Meanwhile, it would throw billions to Elon Musk's companies:

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theimpactproject.org/the-impact-m... Ohio is being hit pretty hard by cuts and freezes. This map is a great resources for the geography of Federal cuts

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Emerging data on rental ledgers and leases show landlords are charging numerous, required fees not necessarily itemized in lease terms. These raise base costs of rent and can create instability and housing cost burden housingmatters.urban.org/articles/ren...

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The process for searching for affordable housing is long and arduous, in part because of the fragmented nature of the process. Housing advocates in PA are trying to change that. Read more about some of their successes.

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Want to give tenants a fair chance at housing in your city? A new free learning series will teach you how to design and implement policies that prevent the harms of eviction records and tenant screening practices. results4america.org/tenant-scree... #housing+ #urbanism+ #urbanism

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How can local #leaders advance long-term social mobility and #economic prosperity in their #communities? A new Toolkit for Increasing Upward Mobility in Your Community from the Urban Institute offers pathways for creating real, community-driven change to increase upward mobility.

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Visualize and download school segregation data for every state, county, metro area, commuting zone, geo school district, and local educational agency in the US since 1991. edopportunity.org/segregation

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In a new piece in @houspoldebate.bsky.social, esteemed coauthors and I write about potential ways to reimagine outdated, inequitable parts of the housing finance system. We think about leveraging new tech + meeting the needs of a changing population: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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New from @alexis-weaver.bsky.social @sjpopkin.bsky.social - important focus on how people with disabilities will be affected by cuts and changes happening www.urban.org/urban-wire/7...

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As Congress advances major #tax cut and homeland security legislation through the reconciliation process, Urban has published a resource page for analyses relevant to the legislative proposals. Explore the latest insights related to the major tax, safety net, #health, and #housing proposals.

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This is disappointing. Eviction filing records are huge barriers to finding a home. Automatic expunging or sealing records that meet certain set criteria helps renters, both in eviction negotiations and in gaining housing access minnesotareformer.com/2025/04/23/i...

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Great data analysis here, which shows how GOP-led states have reaped great benefits from the disaster risk reduction programs that the Trump regime is eliminating.

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Reminder: please consider applying to our education researcher position!

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This 🌍 Earth Day 🌍 I'm thinking about how changes within the housing sector can advance better outcomes for people, planet and communities to both mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change. The headwinds are challenging (to say the least) but....

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New analysis shows state level impact of work requirements for Medicaid. Ohio will have bt 158,000 and 180,000 people losing coverage www.urban.org/sites/default/files/2025-04/State-by-State-Estimates-of-Medicaid-Expansion-Coverage-Losses-under-a-Federal-Work-Requirement.pdf

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As we celebrate submitting our taxes - a reminder that the tax code can be used to address housing housingmatters.urban.org/articles/how...

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Proposed #SocialSecurity office closures may be detrimental to Americans with limited #technology access, especially in rural and tribal communities. Research shows that ensuring access to this successful program can help keep millions of Americans out of #poverty.

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Cutting FHA’s staff would hurt households and economies across the country in every single congressional district, red and blue, we find in our latest @urbaninstitute.bsky.social. Lower income, affordable, less dense areas would be especially hurt by an FHA RIF: www.urban.org/urban-wire/c...

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New commentary in @nature.com from professor Arvind Narayanan (@randomwalker.bsky.social) & PhD candidate Sayash Kapoor (@sayash.bsky.social) about the risks of rapid adoption of AI in science - read: "Why an overreliance on AI-driven modelling is bad for science" 🔗 #CITP #AI #science #AcademiaSky

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Tenant screening companies vary in the data they have, how they handle data, and what they show renters and landlords. As Federal regulators pull back - how can landlords and tenants protect themselves and think about accurate data? housingmatters.urban.org/articles/ove...

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#GreatRead via @axios.com featuring @kathleenromig.bsky.social, CBPP’s director of Social Security and Disability Policy, with new analysis on how Social Security policy changes could affect millions who rely on these benefits. www.axios.com/2025/04/08/s...

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When home heating is less affordable, more people die each winter. That's what our analysis found for a period when LIHEAP was in place. Without LIHEAP, the effect would presumably much larger. Ungated copy of the study here: bit.ly/2JrJfxR

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New piece out of @housingmatters.bsky.social focused on the tax code and its relationship to affordable housing! housingmatters.urban.org/articles/how...

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Private companies will still be able to fund local data gathering efforts. The removal of this data harms the public - it harms people buying houses, nonprofits allocating funds, state and local governments who rely on data to make decisions about day to day lives. This is a catastrophe

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Really scary to think about how we move forward when the data itself becomes less reliable. Reliable, consistent, trustworthy data is a key piece of almost everything we do - how we estimate need, how we track progress, and provide updates on how people are doing.

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Partnerships among #rental assistance providers, eviction prevention programs, and #financial empowerment service providers could help renters work toward financial and #housing stability in the short and long terms. Learn more in an Urban Wire post.

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As Chirag says: more supply means more effective redistribution. A family given a housing voucher in a supply constrained market often never finds a home.

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As Trump Admin attempts a massive cut to HUD, note that “Between 1978–83, HUD's budget authority was slashed by 72%… As HUD's programs & staff were cut to the bone, critically important housing protections disappeared... It is not a coincidence that homelessness exploded precisely during this era.”

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Important coverage from @kristoncapps.bsky.social and Sarah Holder @bloomberg.com about what's at risk if HUD's GRRP program goes away (declared a target by DOGE): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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New publication focuses on how data practices may shift who is captured in tenant screening data and which records they are associated with. www.urban.org/research/pub...

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Early morning for me, I stopped by Morning Joe on MSNBC to talk about efficient public services. www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/...

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Reminder that the C-pass program (free bus rides) is still operational and a wonderful thing if you work for one of the 7k employers who participate in it: columbusunderground.com/cota-makes-i...

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Is Walk Score white score? Deconstructing a walkability algorithm in the context of racial capitalism with @annalivia.bsky.social & Frechette (Journal of Race, Ethnicity & the City) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Let's rethink walkability=proximity and place rankings amid racialized inequity

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Big congrats to @kedseconomist.com on the launch of her great new podcast "Optimist Economy." Kathryn doesn't just talk about problems; She puts forward ideas to solve them. Her work is inspiring and I always leave w/new takeaways podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

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From @dianeyentel.bsky.social on Linked In. “With all this, I’m often asked - of all the threats to the nonprofit sector, what concerns me most? My answer is - the silence. In this moment, with the onslaught of threats against civil society, what concerns me most is the silence of too many."

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I'm hiring for a postdoc! 🌟 pls help spread the word Senior Research and Teaching Associate (PostDoc) with a focus on Internet Use and Society details here: webuse.org/postdoc/

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New NBER paper shows dramatic effects of NYC's congestion pricing in contrast with a set of control cities: A large reduction in travel times on roadways—average speeds increased by 15%—combined with a substantial reduction in vehicular emissions. www.nber.org/system/files...

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Last Friday, an exec order was issued that would essentially eliminate the CDFI Fund and the Minority Business Development Agency. Not only is this a backslide on a bipartisan issue, but it also threatens affordable housing development and dollars to innovative entrepreneurs and business people.

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