May 20, 2020

Program Faculty Win COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant

Program Faculty Arthur Acolin, Kyle Crowder, and Rebecca Walter were among the faculty awarded a COVID-19 Rapid Response grant by the Population Health Initiative.  The project, titled “Prevailing Impacts of COVID-19 on Rental Housing Markets Across Metropolitan Areas and Neighborhoods,” will model the immediate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on housing markets in the 100 most populated metropolitan areas in the United States. Using a national rental database, the team will assess the impact of the first COVID-19 case and death in each metro area and the timing of stay-at-home orders on the volume of online rental listings and asking rents across different markets and housing types, with a particular focus on affordable units.  Other investigators include Postdoctoral Fellow Christian Hess and Sociology Graduate Student Ian Kennedy.