Tuesday, November 14 By Jillian Riseman, CivicLex Weekly for the Lexington Times The Social Services and Public Safety Committee is holding a special meeting Tuesday at 6pm in Council Chambers to hear public input on banning Source of Income (SOI) Discrimination. This meeting was set by Committee Chair Councilmember Jennifer Reynolds after they heard a presentation on SOI … [Read more...] about Council committee to hold public hearing Tuesday on Source of Income Discrimination
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Recalibrating a (new) Sociology of Housing (August-December 2023 P&R Journal)
A review of The Sociology of Housing, edited by Brian McCabe and Eva Rosen — Gregory Preston Housing is often only in the public consciousness or policymaker agenda during cyclical busts, as in the foreclosures of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis or the eviction moratoria of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, for many low-income homeowners and renters, housing is in a state of … [Read more...] about Recalibrating a (new) Sociology of Housing (August-December 2023 P&R Journal)
The Role of the Federal Government in Promoting Cross-Sector Regional Collaboration (August-December 2023 P&R Journal)
Elizabeth H. DeBray, Philip Tegeler, Ariel H. Bierbaum, & Andrew J. Greenlee Segregation and concentration of poverty are long-standing issues with material consequences for academic and life outcomes as well as democratic representation and participation. The enduring impacts of housing and school segregation continue to undermine the democratic nature of our public … [Read more...] about The Role of the Federal Government in Promoting Cross-Sector Regional Collaboration (August-December 2023 P&R Journal)
The arc of opportunity: a decade of research on housing, neighborhoods, and social mobility (August-December 2023 P&R Journal)
— Raj Chetty (Keynote address at the 9th National Housing Mobility Conference. September 20, 2023) There's no higher compliment, in my view, for an academic than seeing that your work has had a real impact on people's lives, so this conference is incredibly meaningful to me. And of course, that impact is only possible because of the work you all do, so I'm very grateful for … [Read more...] about The arc of opportunity: a decade of research on housing, neighborhoods, and social mobility (August-December 2023 P&R Journal)
Poverty & Race Journal (August – December 2023)
The arc of opportunity: a decade of research on housing, neighborhoods, and social mobility — Raj Chetty (Keynote address at the 9th National Housing Mobility Conference. September 20, 2023) The Role of the Federal Government in Promoting Cross-Sector Regional Collaboration —Elizabeth H. DeBray, Philip Tegeler, Ariel H. Bierbaum, & Andrew J. Greenlee Recalibrating a … [Read more...] about Poverty & Race Journal (August – December 2023)
