A new paper by Eric Seymour and Josh Akers investigates outcomes associated with properties sold using land contracts signed between 2008 and 2015 in Detroit, leveraging real estate transaction, tax foreclosure, and eviction and land contract forfeiture records
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Research: Housing insecurity and eviction in Las Vegas following the 2008-09 recession
The authors examine the extent to which large institutional landlords were more likely to evict tenants compared to landlords with smaller holdings.
Housing Field Reacts to Marcia Fudge HUD Nomination with surprise, frustration, and optimism
There are two strains of reaction to Fudge’s nomination in the housing world. One is a feeling that the choice by Biden of someone with little experience who clearly preferred another role reflects that he does not take housing policy as seriously as was hoped and...
Foreclosures now 'normal' at 10-year low
Economist James Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, explained that New Jersey’s economy has struggled from a number of causes since the recession. “New Jersey got hit hard by the contraction in the...
Kathe Newman on foreclosures
A true economic recovery is not possible without a healthy housing market. New Jersey still has a backlog of foreclosures that continue to drag on its recovery. Star-Ledger editorial writer Linda Ocasio spoke with Kathe Newman, associate professor and director of the...
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Bloustein Honors Research Program Oral Thesis Defense
Bloustein School, Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesThe members of the 2023-24 Bloustein Honors Research Program cohort will be presenting their individual research projects in two formats.
Rutgers University–New Brunswick and Rutgers Health Commencement 2024
SHI StadiumJoin us for the 258th Anniversary Commencement at Rutgers University–New Brunswick and Rutgers Health on Sunday, May 12, 2024, at SHI Stadium, starting at 10 a.m. President Jonathan Holloway will preside over […]
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VirtualThis presentation offers a systematic analysis of the emerging routes by which applications of embodied artificial intelligence—robotics—elicit public policy responses.
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