Regional and Urban Economics, Policy and Governance

Thinking Outside the Credit Box: Strategies to Advance Equity in the Housing Finance System

Housing Policy Debate

2025

In this article, Dr. Stephanie Moulton and a team of housing policy experts draw from recent research to propose changes to the housing finance system that would improve access to mortgages while enabling homeownership stability for low wealth households in the U.S.

Labor outcomes of mortgage payment subsidies for unemployed homeowners

Journal of Housing Economics

2025

Stephanie Moulton's paper provides novel evidence that stabilizing housing during an unemployment shock leads to better employment outcomes over the long term.

Journal on Urban Affairs

2024

Jill Clark and colleagues study interest in community-based participatory research by universities and funders by analyzing peer-reviewed scholarship on CBPR.

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B

2024

Stephanie Moulton examines the extent to which older adults use home equity to help manage the costs associated with a chronic disease in older age and how such borrowing can affect their ability to manage the disease.

Polluting under the Radar: Emissions, Inequality, and Concrete Batch Plants in Houston

Environmental Science & Technology

2023

Alex Hollingsworth and colleagues show that concrete batch plants in Houston, TX are collectively a large source of pollution, emitting between 38 and 111 tons of primary PM2.5 emissions annually and being disproportionately located in census tracts with more low-income, Hispanic, and Black populations.

Researching Homeownership Inequalities: A Life-Cycle Perspective

Cityscape

2022

This article examines four specific research topics at different stages in the homeownership life cycle—from mortgage underwriting to post-purchase support, as proposed in the HUD learning objectives.

Thomas B. Fordham Institute

2022

Stéphane Lavertu estimates the impact of the EdChoice programs by comparing changes in district outcomes (from before these programs were in place to the 2018–19 school year) between districts that had higher as opposed to lower levels of exposure to them.

Growth and Change

2023

Professor Ned Hill examines the impact of proximity to fixed assets on rural business survival during the Great Recession, finding that factors like highway proximity and industry agglomeration play crucial roles in different sectors.

Best Practices for States Planning Tax Incentive Evaluations

Pew Charitable Trusts

2022

Jim Landers describes how to develop an evaluation plan. Specifically, he discusses the logistical concerns of the process, including how to maximize staff resources and expertise, time evaluations to leverage complementary work, and gather the information necessary to conduct evaluations.

Shoshanah Inwood