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ACSP 2023

ACSP 2023

RWV Staff and faculty affiliates presented at the annual Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning conference in Chicago from October 19-21, 2023.

Congratulations to Aretousa Bloom!

Congratulations to Aretousa Bloom!

Congratulations to Aretousa Bloom for accepting a position as a LSE Fellow in Urban Geography at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Annual Report 2022-2023

Annual Report 2022-2023

The Voorhees Center Annual Report takes a retrospective look at our incredible research associates, affiliated faculty, research and more.

Congratulations to Elana Simon and Cecille de Laurentis

Congratulations to Elana Simon and Cecille de Laurentis on their acceptances to doctoral programs in California for Fall 2023. Elana Simon will be joining USC's urban planning PhD program and Cecille was accepted to UC Berkeley's City Planning PhD program.

RWV Center Staff and Faculty Affiliates present at the UAA Conference

RWV Center Staff and Faculty Affiliates present at the UAA Conference

RWV Center staff and faculty affiliates presented their research at the Urban Affairs Conference in Nashville, Tennessee this past week. Highlights from the conference include: James DeFilippis’ colloquy presentation in the panel series entitled “Understanding the New...

Spring 2023 Newsletter

Spring 2023 Newsletter

The Center’s Spring 2023 Newsletter celebrates the achievements of our student research associates, and discusses our latest research, as well as updates from our Faculty affiliates!

Eric Seymour publishes article in New Labor Forum

Eric Seymour publishes article in New Labor Forum

Eric Seymour and Taylor Shelton’s article entitled “How Private Equity Landlords Prey on Working-Class Communities of Color,” was published in New Labor Forum. The paper focuses on the Atlanta region and describes the factors contributing to the increase of private...

New Faculty Affiliates Join the Center

The RWV Center is excited to welcome Yen-Tyng Chen, Mike Smart and Nancy Wolff to the Center as faculty affiliates. Dr. Yen-Tyng Chen is an Assistant Professor in Public Health at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Dr. Chen is a social...

Recent Updates

Eric Seymour on NJ State Policy Lab Blog

Eric Seymour published another blog post on the NJ State Policy Lab's blog discussing the use of parcel data to identify trends in corporate owned housing. Read the blog here.

Hudson County Rental Housing Profile

This report serves as a resource to better understand the landscape of rental housing in the county, patterns and trends, and affordability challenges.

Passaic County Rental Housing Profile

This report serves as a resource to better understand the landscape of rental housing in the county, patterns and trends, and affordability challenges.

Homelessness in New Brunswick and Programs to Address It

This report identifies the challenges that emergency service organizations and their clients are experiencing as they attempt to access, or consider accessing, the existing service infrastructure and to identify areas of unmet need.