Mia Gray, professor of economic geography at Cambridge University, and James DeFilippis, professor at Rutgers’ school of planning and public policy, have argued that unionized workers provide a unique benefit to Vegas’s hotels and resorts.
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Newman, DeFilippis named to UAA Distinguished Service Honor Roll
The Urban Affairs Association is an international professional organization for urban scholars, researchers, and public/nonprofit service providers.
Populism and the prospects for a new urban policy agenda
James DeFilippis, Ph.D. is a panelist at the Urban Affairs Association virtual conference and will be speaking on the theme Confronting COVID, Racial Injustice, and Economic Inequality.
How Democrats Can Fix the Affordable Housing Crisis
Several of the advocates and researchers that Shelterforce spoke with want to see the federal government not only fund the $70 billion or more backlog in public housing capital expenditures, but make a real commitment to funding and constructing housing for...
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...
Research: Does urban planning for immigrants need to be different?
New research challenges that premise through a discussion of a set of neighborhood developments and conflicts in Queens, New York.
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