Author: Tom Houseman
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Have Home, Won’t Travel: How Housing Values Impact Labor Mobility
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The terms “economic mobility” and “social mobility” are used figuratively to describe ascending the wealth ladder, usually by accruing income. But such mobility can take on a more literal connotation: if a better paying job is across the country it might be worth moving. Anything that restricts a person’s ability…
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Rebuilding the City: Why Some Neighborhoods Survived the Housing Bubble and Others Did Not
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The Great Recession of the late 2000s impacted the lives of millions of people and caused upheaval in countless neighborhoods and cities. Nearly a decade since the recession began, we have seen some neighborhoods rebuild and recover, while others continue to flounder, plagued by scores of empty buildings still owned…
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Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Understanding Resistance to Neighborhood Densification
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New research reveals that increased diverse and unknown social interactions are the main causes of resistance to neighborhood densification among residents of urban areas.
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Good Neighbors: Addressing Race in Public Housing Integration
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New research shows that perceived racial conflict is hindering the ability of black, public housing residents to integrate into predominantly white neighborhoods, an issue that the City of Chicago is doing nothing to address.