Our goal is to understand the causes of the housing crisis in the United States and the many obstacles preventing the construction of dense and affordable housing. Our work focuses on the intersection of local institutions, such as planning and zoning boards, and the political behavior of the people who participate in the housing permitting process.
Our book, Neighborhood Defenders: Participatory Politics and America’s Housing Crisis, is forthcoming from Cambridge University Press.
Download a one-page summary of our work on participatory politics in the development process.
Read our article, “Who Participates in Local Government? Evidence from Meeting Minutes”, published in Perspectives on Politics.
Our book, Neighborhood Defenders: Participatory Politics and America’s Housing Crisis, is forthcoming from Cambridge University Press.
Download a one-page summary of our work on participatory politics in the development process.
Read our article, “Who Participates in Local Government? Evidence from Meeting Minutes”, published in Perspectives on Politics.
Katherine Levine Einstein is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Boston University.
David Glick is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Boston University.
Maxwell Palmer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Boston University.