Real Estate

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Faculty Fellow Todd Sinai
David B. Ford Professor, Professor of Real Estate and Business Economics and Public Policy, Real Estate, The Wharton School
Housing
Research Paper September 26, 2019 Is the CRA Still Relevant to Mortgage Lending? Susan Wachter Paul Calem Lauren Lambie-Hanson Housing State & Local Finance
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Fellow Ira Goldstein
Senior Advisor, Policy Solutions, Reinvestment Fund
Urban Development Housing + 2
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Emerging Scholar Desen Lin
Assistant Professor of Finance, California State University, Fullerton Managing Editor, SSRN Urban Research eJournal, Penn Institute for Urban Research
Urban Development Housing + 1
Article October 18, 2017 Navigating the Unchartered Waters of U.S. Housing Policy: Current Challenges and Solutions Vinent Reina writes about current challenges and solutions related to the current housing market. Vincent Reina Housing
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Fellow Michael LaCour-Little
Professor of Finance, Emeritus, California State University, Fullerton
State & Local Finance
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Scholar Arthur Acolin
Associate Professor and Bob Filley Endowed Chair, Runstad Department of Real Estate, College of Built Environments, University of Washington
Urban Development Rapid Urbanization + 1
Article December 13, 2016 Principles of Housing Finance Reform: The Imperative of Rebuilding the System In the fall of 2008, the world watched in horror as the U.S. housing finance system shattered, triggering a global financial panic and ultimately the Great Recession. Now, nearly a decade later, the long and slow recovery has reached a critical moment. Joseph Tracy Susan Wachter Housing State & Local Finance
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Book December 13, 2016 Principles of Housing Finance Reform Susan Wachter Joseph Tracy Housing
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Fellow David Stanek
Vice President, Econsult Solutions, Inc
Urban Development
Research Paper September 29, 2016 Producing Affordable Housing in Rising Markets: What Works? Lance Freeman Jenny Schuetz, Housing
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Fellow Aromar Revi
Co-Chair of Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IHHS)
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 2
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Fellow Laurie Goodman
Institute Fellow, Housing Finance Policy Center Founder of the Housing Finance Policy Center at the Urban Institute
Housing
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Scholar Mark Willis
Senior Policy Fellow, Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, New York University
Urban Development Housing + 1
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Fellow Andrew Davidson
Founder and President, Andrew Davidson & Co. Founder, Financial Life Cycle Education Corp
Climate Change & Resilience Housing
Article May 10, 2016 Owning or Renting in the US: Shifting Dynamics of the Housing Market The current persistent and large decline in the number of owner households is almost unprecedented. Why has this occurred? What is driving the economy of renting? Susan Wachter Housing State & Local Finance
Research Paper May 9, 2016 Educating Commercial Real Estate Brokers on Green Leasing / Energy Efficiency This project was sponsored by the Consortium for Building Energy Innovation (CBEI), a program of the Department of Energy. CBEI was a five-year program tasked with bridging the technology, market dynamics, policy, and human behavior in order to reduce energy used by the commercial buildings sector. Susan Wachter State & Local Finance
Article April 13, 2016 Rehousing Mumbai: Formalizing Slum Land Markets Through Redevelopment Planners and economists usually consider land encumbered by slums to be less efficient, with inadequate physical infrastructure services, and fragmented land ownership. Housing State & Local Finance
Research Paper December 17, 2015 Penn IUR Research Digest: Housing Finance Reform Abstracts were adapted from chapters of an upcoming book edited by Susan Wachter and Joseph Tracy, "Housing Finance Reform: Principles of Stability." Housing State & Local Finance
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Fellow Raphael Bostic
President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Housing State & Local Finance

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