Three RWV Center student researchers won awards this past month. Congratulations to Soo, Bernice and Zehra! At the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting (March 24-29, 2025) PhD Candidate Soo Yeon Lim presented a chapter from her dissertation work,...
This report examines the stock of federally subsidized rental housing units. It first investigates how federal housing priorities have shifted over time, and how those shifts have reshaped the composition of federally subsidized housing units in New Jersey. It then...
Jovanna Rosen, along with Sean Angst, Gary Painter, and Soledad de Gregorio, published an article in Urban Studies entitled, "Harassment or neglect? How market dynamics and rent control shape landlord behaviour in Los Angeles," examining "how housing market dynamics...
This year, five Ralph W. Voorhees Public Service Fellows worked with New Community Corporation, a community development organization in Newark, New Jersey, to research housing navigation. Part of a Rutgers Equity Alliance for Community Health (REACH) community engaged...
Fulbright Scholar Zehra Mahdi will be discussing mapping neighborhood boundaries of informal Muslim settlements in Jamia Nagar, Delhi, India on Tuesday February 11th from 4-5pm in Room 261 at the Bloustein School. Join us!
The Voorhees Center Binnual Report (July-December 2024) takes a retrospective look at our incredible research associates, affiliated faculty, research and more.
Eric Seymour, Will Payne, Kathe Newman and Lauren Nolan published a new report on Corporate Ownership of Small Residential Properties in Seven New Jersey Municipalities. This report examines changes in corporate ownership of 1-to-4 unit residential properties in...
As part of a special themed issue on land and value, Professors Mi Shih and Kathe Newman published an article in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space discussing land value capture and the role of value in negotiating the city's social future.
Professors Mi Shih and Kathe Newman published a themed issue of Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space (September 2024, Issue 56, Volume 6) focused on land and value.
This report serves as a resource to better understand the landscape of rental housing in the county, patterns and trends, and affordability challenges.
The RWV Center attended the Association for Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference in Seattle from November 6-9, 2024 and presented their research: Soo Yeon Lim "Making Greenbelt Land Development 'Public' in Seoul Metropolitan Area" Will Payne "Measuring the...
Assistant Professor Jovanna Rosen was quoted in the Philadelphia Inquirer about community benefits agreements and the new Sixers arena.