Kreisman Initiative

New Gift from David and Susan Kreisman Will Support Expansion of Kreisman Initiative for Housing Law and Policy

Open-Access Book "Evidence and Innovation in Housing Law and Policy" Grew From Kreisman Initiative Conference

Interdisciplinary approach and accessible prose shows how housing law and policy impacts household wealth, financial markets, urban landscapes, and local communities

Panel at the Seminary Co-op

Moderator Lee Fennell speaking with Jeff Leslie

Panelist Lior Strahilevitz

Panelist Amir Sufi

Leslie and Fennell with panelist Stephanie Stern

Book talk on "Evidence and Innovation in Housing Law and Policy"

On October 23 at the Seminary Co-op, three contributing authors, Lior Strahilevitz (UChicago Law), Stephanie Stern (Chicago-Kent College of Law), and Amir Sufi (Chicago Booth), discussed their chapters and joined in a discussion moderated by Lee Fennell (UChicago Law) about the future of housing law and policy.

Housing

Lee Fennell on Homeowners Seeking to Control Their Neighborhoods

“As people are increasingly living in urban areas really close to each other, it starts to be the case that so much of the value of your property is bound up in things that are happening outside of your parcel.”

The New York Times

Housing

New Gift from David and Susan Kreisman Will Support Expansion of Kreisman Initiative for Housing Law and Policy

Becky Beaupre Gillespie

Faculty books Housing

New Book on Housing Policy Seeks to Widen Conversation about How and Where People Live

Curtrice Scott

Housing

Open-Access Book "Evidence and Innovation in Housing Law and Policy" Grew From Kreisman Initiative Conference

Interdisciplinary approach and accessible prose shows how housing law and policy impacts household wealth, financial markets, urban landscapes, and local communities

Housing

Kreisman Affiliate Chang-Tai Hsieh on How Local Housing Regulations Smother the U.S. Economy

The New York Times

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About the Kreisman Initiative

The Kreisman Initiative on Housing Law and Policy began at the Law School in the fall of 2013. The Initiative’s mission is to bring Chicago ideas to bear on policy debates, policy making, and legal and business decision making through scholarly research, external engagement, and educational programming.

Kelo Ten Years Later: The Impact on Eminent Domain, Property Rights, and Homes

A panel discussion with Ilya Somin, Nadia Nasser-Ghodsi, and Lee Fennell

Working Paper Series

How Segregated is Urban Consumption?
Donald R. Davis, Jonathan I. Dingel, Joan Monras and Eduardo Morales

Introduction to Evidence and Innovation in Housing Law and Policy
Lee Anne Fennell and Benjamin Keys

The Housing Boom and Bust: Model Meets Evidence
Greg Kaplan, Kurt Mitman, and Giovanni L. Violante

All working papers →

Will the Supreme Court Make Disparate Impact Disappear?

A panel discussion with John Relman, Jeff Leslie, Lee Fennell, and Tara Ramchandani