Maxwell School News and Faculty Media, Opinion and Analysis

Returns to Scale in Property Assessment: Evidence from NYS’s Small Localities Coordination Program

Yusun Kim, Yilin Hou, John Yinger

"Returns to Scale in Property Assessment: Evidence from New York State’s Small Localities Coordination Program," co-authored by Maxwell professors Yilin Hou and John Yinger, was published in the National Tax Journal.

April 5, 2023

See related: Housing, New York State, Taxation

Greene Talks to PBS NewsHour About Reentry Programs for Transgender Women

"No trans women that I formally interviewed or met in the course of my field research wanted to or felt safe in men's housing programs," says Joss Greene, assistant professor of sociology.

December 5, 2022

Yinger Quoted in Economist Article on Decline in Racial Discrimination in Mortgage Lending

"I think it’s fair to say that there’s still some discrimination, but it’s not very common," says John Yinger, Trustee Professor of Economics and Public Administration and International Affairs.

November 28, 2022

New Study by Purser Examines Afterlife of Mass Incarceration in a Reentry Housing Facility

Gretchen Purser, Madeleine Hamlin

"'Bodies in the Building': Incarceration’s Afterlife in a Reentry Housing Facility," co-authored by Associate Professor of Sociology Gretchen Purser and Maxwell alumna Madeleine Hamlin, was published in Social Science Review.

July 20, 2022

See related: Housing

Engelhardt Examines Impact of Aging Baby Boomer Homeowners on Housing Supply

Professor Gary Engelhardt's research on the impact the aging and eventual death of baby boomers may have on future demand and the supply of homes listed for sale by older Americans (ages 50 and older) was featured in the Mortgage Orb article, "RIHA Studies Impact of Aging Baby Boomer Homeowners on Housing Supply."

July 8, 2022

See related: Aging, Housing, United States

Yinger Featured in Medium Article on Mortgage Discrimination

John Yinger, Trustee Professor of Economics and Public Administration and International Affairs, was featured in the Medium article, "Interview with Economics Professor John Yinger on Mortgage Discrimination."

July 1, 2022

See related: Civil Rights, Housing, United States

Wiemers Talks to the New York Times About Wealth Created by the Pandemic Housing Market

Emily Wiemers, associate professor of public administration and international affairs, was quoted in the New York Times article "The Extraordinary Wealth Created by the Pandemic Housing Market."

May 2, 2022

See related: Education, Housing, United States

Grant Funds Syracuse Housing Research

Gretchen Purser, associate professor of sociology at the Maxwell School, is part of a three-member team that has received a $350,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to investigate how building local power among tenants can enhance community health and well-being.

December 17, 2021

Public Housing Violence Research Earns Top Honor

Madeleine ‘Maddy’ Hamlin, who is pursuing a Ph.D. in geography at the Maxwell School, was one of 8 doctoral students to have been named an H.F. Guggenheim Emerging Scholar. The $25,000 award supports and recognizes promising graduate-student researchers in their final year of writing a doctoral dissertation.

October 20, 2021

Purser Discusses Rent Relief, Eviction Moratorium

Gretchen Purser, associate professor of sociology, appeared on WCNY's most recent episode of CONNECT NY, "The State of Homeownership."

October 4, 2021