Housing
The Initiative on Cities has supported publications relating to a myriad housing issues cities face from the perspective of policymakers, homeowners, and the unhoused. Publications related to housing have been organized by year.
2023 Publications
Cities, Zoning, and the Fragmented Response to Homelessness
Katharine Levine Einstein and Charley Willison
BU Initiative on Cities: Policy Brief.
Themes: Homelessness, Housing, Land Use Policy
2022 Publications
Quantifying state-led gentrification in London: Using linked consumer and administrative records to trace displacement from council estates
Jonathan Reades, Loretta Lees, Phil Hubbard, Guy Lansley
Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space: Journal Article.
Themes: Gentrification, Council Estates, Real Estate
2022 Greater Boston Housing Report Card
Katherine Levine Einstein and Maxwell Palmer
The Boston Foundation: Report.
Themes: Subsidized Housing, Markets, Accessibility
2021 Publications
2021 Menino Survey of Mayors: Mayors and America’s Homelessness Crisis
Katherine Levine Einstein and Charley Willison
BU Initiative on Cities: Report.
Themes: Housing, Data, Policy
2021 Menino Survey of Mayors: Building Back Better
Katherine Levine Einstein, David M. Glick, and Maxwell Palmer
BU Initiative on Cities: Report.
Themes: American Rescue Plan, Racial Equity, Housing, Small Business
2020 Publications
COVID-19 Housing Policy
Katherine Levine Einstein, Maxwell Palmer, Stacy Fox, Marina Bernadino, Noah fischer, Jackson Moore-Otto, Aislinn O’Brien, Mmarilyn Rutecki, and Benjamin Wuesthoff
BU Initiative on Cities: Report.
Themes: Housing Policy, State Government, Local Government
Mayors and Social Inequalities
Ioanna Christodoulaki
BU Initiative on Cities. Working Paper.
Themes: Social Mobility, Inequity
2019 Publications
Mayoral Views on Housing Production: Do Planning Goals Match Reality?
Katherine Levine Einstein and Maxwell Palmer
BU Initiative on Cities: Policy Brief.
Themes: Housing Policy, Mayors, Perceptions
Neighborhood Defenders: Participatory Politics and America’s Housing Crisis.
Katherine Levine Einstein, David M. Glick, and Maxwell Palmer
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: Book.
Themes: Housing Policy, Inequality, Local Government
2018 Publications
2018 Menino Survey of Mayors
Katherine Levine Einstein, Stacy Fox, David Glick, and Maxwell Palmer
BU Initiative on Cities: Report.
Themes: Economic Development, Sharing Economy, Health, Housing, City Legislatures
2017 Publications
2017 Menino Survey of Mayors
Katherine Levine Einstein, David Glick, and Maxwell Palmer
BU Initiative on Cities: Report.
Themes: Housing, Sustainability, Budgets, Federalism, City Networks, Data
2016 Publications
2016 Menino Survey of Mayors
Katherine Levine Einstein, David Glick, and Conor LeBlanc
BU Initiative on Cities: Report.
Themes: Mayoral Attributes, Policy Priorities, Inclusivity, Intergovernmental Relations
2015 Publications
2015 Menino Survey of Mayors
Katherine Levine Einstein and David Glick
BU Initiative on Cities: Report.
Themes: Infrastructure, Police Reform, Poverty, Fiscal Health, Mayoral Leadership
2014 Publications
Mayoral Policy Making: Results from the 21st Century Mayors Leadership Survey
Katherine Levine Einstein, David Glick, and Katharine Lusk
BU Initiative on Cities: Report.
Themes: Mayoral Priorities, Income Inequality, Gentrification, Climate Change