Current Projects
Neighborhood Change in American Cities
An empirical decomposition of long-run neighborhood change across American cities, challenging gentrification-centric frameworks in the urban planning literature. This project develops a typology of neighborhood change processes and examines why different change types matter for planning policy and practice.
Housing and Health Trajectories for Mothers and Children
In collaboration with Henry Ford Health System, this project examines the relationship between housing conditions, residential instability, and health outcomes for mothers and children in Detroit.
The Ecology of Code Enforcement in Illinois
An examination of Illinois housing code enforcement practices and their implications for housing stability and neighborhood change. This project maps enforcement patterns across the state and analyzes the governance structures that shape regulatory outcomes.
Texas Assisted Housing and Disaster Risk
In collaboration with Texas Southern University’s Center of Excellence for Housing and Community Development Policy Research, this project examines whether HUD-assisted households are exposed to higher levels of disaster risk in Texas and throughout the continental United States.