Matt Mleczko is a Housing and Health Equity Cluster Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement in the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and the Center for State Health Policy at Rutgers University. Matt studies integration, housing, poverty, and inequality, with a particular focus on the role of housing policies in fostering equitably integrated and cohesive communities. His research agenda seeks to further our understanding of how housing policies and practices that promote integration can advance equity, improve intergroup relations, and nurture social cohesion within and across communities. His other research interests are interdisciplinary and span urban planning; migration; the interconnectedness of housing, health, and education policy; intergroup contact; measures of social cohesion; and community-based participatory research.