Housing / Communities

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Martin Abravanel, Center on Metropolitan Housing & Communities.

Areas of expertise: Federal housing policies and programs; homelessness; housing needs and market assessments; fair housing; customer satisfaction and program performance measurement.

Martha Burt, Center on Labor, Human Services, & Population.

Areas of expertise: Adolescents; domestic violence/violence against women; homelessness; mental health; social services integration.

Harry Hatry, Center on Metropolitan Housing & Communities.

Areas of expertise: Budgets/budgeting; evaluation; government performance; performance measurement and management; privatization.

Maria-Rosario Jackson, Center on Metropolitan Housing & Communities.

Areas of expertise: Urban policy; neighborhood revitalization and comprehensive community planning; the politics of race, ethnicity and gender in urban settings; the role of arts and culture in communities.

Olga Kaganova, Center on International Development and Governance.

Areas of expertise: International housing and economic development; municipal property management.

Tom Kingsley, Center on Metropolitan Housing & Communities.

Areas of expertise: Housing needs and market assessments; federal housing policy; urban planning and economic development; indicators of neighborhood health and change.

Nancy Pindus, Center on Metropolitan Housing & Communities.

Areas of expertise: Health occupations; sectoral employment and economic development; job training; social services integration; performance monitoring; welfare reform; community development, including New Market Tax Credit program; food assistance programs; tribal assistance and economic development.

Sue Popkin, Center on Metropolitan Housing & Communities.

Areas of expertise: Public housing and HOPE VI; Section 8 vouchers and mobility; residential segregation; residents of severely distressed public housing.

Peter Tatian, Center on Metropolitan Housing & Communities.

Areas of expertise: Census; housing and economic development; neighborhood indicators; DC neighborhoods; subprime lending.

Margery Turner, vice-president for research

Areas of expertise: Residential segregation and poverty concentration; housing and mortgage lending discrimination; housing choice and residential mobility; housing needs and market assessments; federal housing policy.

Doug Wissoker, Center on Labor, Human Services, & Population.

Areas of expertise: Housing, hiring and employment discrimination; civil rights; poverty.
 
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