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Aussiemac: Postscript, Christopher Joye, Joshua S. Gans
Aussiemac: Postscript, Christopher Joye, Joshua S. Gans
Joshua S Gans
The purpose of this postscript is to review the many responses to our AussieMac proposal since we first published the original paper on the 26th of March, 2008. As we shall see, our study triggered a significant amount of industry comment, media attention and, more recently, government inquiry—indeed, much more than we initially anticipated.
Community Activists And University Researchers Collaborating For Affordable Housing: Dual Perspectives On The Experience, Amy E. Hillier, David Koppisch
Community Activists And University Researchers Collaborating For Affordable Housing: Dual Perspectives On The Experience, Amy E. Hillier, David Koppisch
Amy Hillier
This paper describes and analyzes the successful collaboration between the Philadelphia Affordable Housing Coalition and the Cartographic Modeling Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania. This collaboration resulted in a research study that helped the Coalition secure an additional $10 million for affordable housing in Philadelphia. The perspectives of the activist and researcher on the collaboration are presented in their own voices and they describe their expectations, efforts to build relationships, define roles, and deal with different work styles and culture. Recommendations for building effective research partnerships are also provided.
Closing The Gap: Housing (Un)Affordability In Philadelphia, Amy E. Hillier, Dennis P. Culhane
Closing The Gap: Housing (Un)Affordability In Philadelphia, Amy E. Hillier, Dennis P. Culhane
Amy Hillier
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Comment On James R. Cohen’S “Abandoned Housing: Exploring Lessons From Baltimore”, Dennis P. Culhane, Amy E. Hillier
Comment On James R. Cohen’S “Abandoned Housing: Exploring Lessons From Baltimore”, Dennis P. Culhane, Amy E. Hillier
Amy Hillier
For most cities, the possibility of transforming unused property into community and city assets is as yet hypothetical. Fiscal constraints limit the amount of land acquisition, relocation, and demolition that cities can undertake. Private investors, unsure of which neighborhoods have a chance of becoming self-sustaining, are reluctant to take risks in untested markets. Cities need to create citywide planning strategies for land aggregation and neighborhood stabilization and to develop analyses of the risks and opportunities associated with redevelopment opportunities in specific markets. Research seems sorely needed. Although the policy world cannot and will not stand still waiting for academics to …