A scholar who researches how rents increase after disasters is fearful for his own community as he watches it burn and braces for the aftermath.
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Tax dollars don’t always go to the communities that need them most.
Transgender people experience high rates of discrimination in housing and shelter services.
South Africa needs to review its four years decision to exclusively deliver housing through megaprojects.
The administration’s proposed changes to a decades-old housing program supporting the poorest Americans would jack up rents and deepen poverty in the US.
Where people live in the US is still often influenced by racial discrimination. Is the federal government doing enough to carry out the vision of the civil rights era legislation?
Changes to the official mandates guiding nonprofits and government agencies might be less significant than they appear.
Developers will now be responsible for dealing with noise issues from nearby music venues – but it will take real community activism to prevent closures.
President Trump has touted infrastructure investment as a way to boost the U.S. economy. At the moment, he’s missing a key opportunity – expanding broadband internet service.
Part of HUD’s budget goes to improving American cities. Social media monitoring offers a novel way to judge if that money is being well spent.
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Chief Researcher: Gauteng City-Region Observatory, Wits University and University of Johannesburg, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University
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Emeritus Professor of Urban Design, University of Westminster
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Associate Professor of Public Administration, Askew School of Public Administration and Policy, Florida State University
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Senior Researcher: NRF South African Research Chair in Spatial Analysis and City Planning, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Director, Institute of Social Science Research, UMass Amherst
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Co-Director, Institute for Information Policy and Associate Professor of Telecommunications, Penn State
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Emeritus Professor of Urban Policy, The New School
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Social Work, Colorado State University
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Associate Professor of Sociology & Founding Director of Housing Justice Lab, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Idaho
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Associate Professor of Public Administration, Indiana University
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Assistant Professor of Finance, Real Estate and Law, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona