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Public Housing Violence Research Earns Top Honor

October 20, 2021

Madeleine ‘Maddy’ Hamlin, who is pursuing a Ph.D. in geography at the Maxwell School, was one of 8 doctoral students to have been named an H.F. Guggenheim Emerging Scholar. The $25,000 award supports and recognizes promising graduate-student researchers in their final year of writing a doctoral dissertation.

Purser Discusses Rent Relief, Eviction Moratorium

October 4, 2021

Gretchen Purser, associate professor of sociology, appeared on WCNY's most recent episode of CONNECT NY, "The State of Homeownership."

See related: Civil Rights, Housing, United States

Rosenthal paper on effects of mortgage payment burden on underwater homeowners published in REE

August 28, 2021

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Engelhardt quoted in HousingWire article on pandemic, housing payments

August 6, 2021

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Han, Schwartz paper on fast food proximity and childhood obesity published in RSUE

August 5, 2021

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Yinger paper on access to jobs published in Journal of Housing Economics

August 5, 2021

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Student Spotlight: Compassion for Community

July 21, 2021

Senior scholar Lia Chabot ’21 B.S. (Econ/CCE) combines academic interests with real-world experiences and activism in pursuing goals.

Yinger quoted in Daily Beast article on diverse communities

April 5, 2021

According to U.S. Census data, there is a 30 percentage-point gap in homeownership between Blacks and whites—larger than it was in the 1960s, prior to when the Fair Housing Act was passed.

Purser quoted in Law360 article on extended CDC anti-eviction order

April 2, 2021

"The need for rental assistance and a massive influx of cash to deal with this is really, really great," says Gretchen Purser, associate professor of sociology. "The question now is what will happen [after] June."

See related: COVID-19, Federal, Housing, United States

Pralle talks to Forbes about FEMA's upcoming changes, flood insurance

March 19, 2021

For homeowners, or prospective buyers, "rising insurance rates could lead to a reduction in home values," says Sarah Pralle, associate professor of political science, and "they could be forced to sell at a loss, or even abandon their property."

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