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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.

Perspectives of community members on community-based participatory research: A systematic literature review
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.

Mortgage Borrowing and Chronic Disease Outcomes in Older Age: Evidence from Biomarker Data in the Health and Retirement Study
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.

The Ohio EdChoice Program’s Impact on School District Enrollments, Finances, and Academics
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.

What Side of Town? How Proximity to Critical Survival Factors Affects Rural Business Longevity
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.

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