Nadia Mian published an article on the Black Church and property development in Shelterforce. The article looks at how Black congregations are building affordable housing on their property to soften the impact that gentrification and displacement have on low-income...
News
Congratulations to Aretousa Bloom on her position as Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London
The RWV Center is excited to celebrate Aretousa Bloom's (Bloustein PhD '19) new position as Lecturer in Economic Geography (Teaching & Scholarship) at the School of Geography, Queen Mary University of London.
Congratulations to Lily Chang on her position as Staff Assistant/Press Assistant for Rep. John Sarbanes
Congratulations to Lily Chang, Voorhees Fellow ’20, who is a Staff Assistant/Press Assistant for Representative John Sarbanes of Maryland's 3rd District. She previously was a Running Start Congressional Fellow interning for Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ12).
Applications for New RWV Public Service Fellowships
The Ralph W. Voorhees Public Service Fellowship awards up to five (5) fellowships of $5,000 each annually and is open to undergraduate students from any major in any school at Rutgers NB. Fellows work on a civically engaged applied research project in the Fall...
NJSOARH Research Presented at Monarch Housing Conference
Eric Seymour and Kathe Newman presented their work on New Jersey’s affordable rental housing at Monarch Housing's Housing as a Human Right conference in October 2022.
Nadia Mian Presents at the Future of Church Property Conference
Nadia Mian presented research on faith-based affordable housing at the Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate’s Future of Church Property Conference at the University of Notre Dame in November 2022. She talked about the different ways in which houses of worship across...
Eric Seymour Presents at the National League of Cities
Eric Seymour spoke at the National League of Cities (NLC) in November 2022 on a panel entitled, "Corporate Buyout of Housing: How It’s Affecting Your City and What You Can Do.” Professor Seymour spoke about differences between the types of corporate investors in...
ACSP Conference
RWV Center staff and faculty affiliates presented their research at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference (ACSP) in Toronto on November 3-5, 2022. Read our newsletter to learn more.
Winter 2022 Newsletter
The Center’s Winter 2022 Newsletter celebrates the achievements of our Voorhees Fellows, and discusses our latest research, as well as updates from our Faculty affiliates!
Jonathan Bonilla Awarded Morgan Stanley Community Development Graduate Fellowship
Jonathan Bonilla, MCRP Candidate and RWV Center researcher '21, '22, received a 2022-23 Morgan Stanley Community Development Graduate Fellowship hosted by the Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development. Jonathan will spend 10- months working with the...
Recent Updates
Essex 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.
Spring 2024 Newsletter
The Center’s Spring 2024 Newsletter celebrates the achievements of our student research associates, and discusses our latest research, as well as updates from our Faculty affiliates!
NJSOARH Team Publishes New Article in Cityscape
Shiloh Deitz, Will B. Payne, Eric Seymour, Kathe Newman and Lauren Nolan from the New Jersey State of Affordable Rental Housing (NJSOARH) team recently published a new article entitled "Local Landscapes of Assisted Housing: Reconciling Layered and Imprecise...
Basic Needs Services for the Unhoused
2024 This report examines basic needs such as mobile showers and laundry, storage and hygiene kits for unhoused and precariously housed populations. The objective of the project was to identify creative ways that organizations across the country are supporting...
Cara Cuite to participate in FoodTech Conference
RWV Center faculty affiliate Cara Cuite is participating in the inaugural Middlesex County FoodTech Conference on Tuesday March 26, 2024, entitled "Feeding Futures: Tackling Food Insecurity Together." Dr. Cuite will be discussing partnership and funding opportunities....








