Research
Current Projects
INFORMAL EVICTION
Report: The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Low-Income Tenants' Housing Security in WA
Dissertation Chapter: Avoiding the Eviction Moratorium: Landlord-Related Forced Moves and Informal Eviction Methods During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Selected Media: NY landlords can’t evict while tenants wait for aid; some try other ways to clear property (NPR)
The evictions that landlords got away with during the pandemic (Slate)
Even with the eviction moratorium, landlords continued to find ways to kick renters out (The Conversation)
Evictions slowed during pandemic but some Washington renters still faced pressure to move UW report says (Seattle Times)
HOMELESS MORTALITY
Dissertation Chapter: Mortal Systemic Neglect: Trends in Mortality, Racial Differences in Mortality, and COVID-19 Pandemic Excess Mortality among People Experiencing Homelessness
In Progress: Rising Mortality Among People Experiencing Homelessness, 2010-2020
Selected Media: As Storms Hammer California, Homeless Campers Try to Survive Outside (New York Times)
Column: On this flooded island of homeless people, climate change has never been more real (Los Angeles Times)
The uncounted: People who are homeless are invisible victims of Covid-19 (STAT News)
Homeless People in the US Are Being Murdered at a Horrific Rate (Jacobin)
’Homelessness is lethal’: US deaths among those without housing are surging (The Guardian)
GUARANTEED INCOME FOR HOUSING
In Progress: Reforming the Housing Choice Voucher Program: A Randomized Experiment of Guaranteed Income for Housing, with Vincent Reina & Sara Jaffee
HOUSING POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
In Progress: The Irrepressibility of Implementation Variation: Nonprofit Implementation Variation in Delivering Public Services, with Rachel Fyall
In Progress: Rental Assistance for Whom? How Public Housing Authority Eligibility Criteria Influence Who Participates in the Housing Choice Voucher Program, with Vincent Reina and Joshua Davidson
In Progress: Claiming the Prize After Winning the Housing Lottery: How Do Housing Authorities’ Administrative Processes Affect Who Redeems a Housing Voucher?, with Vincent Reina
RACIALIZED HOMELESSNESS
Journal Article: Racialized Homelessness: A Review of Historical and Contemporary Causes of Racial Disparities in Homelessness.
In Progress: The Institutional Sources of Racial Disparities in Homelessness (in progress)
LEGAL FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS
Journal Article: Restitution without Restoration? Exploring the Gap between the Perception and Implementation of Restitution
In Progress: The Consequences of Reversing Punishment: A Quasi-Experimental Analysis of Amnesty for Court-Ordered Debt, with Karin Martin
In Progress: Initiation, Motivation, and Liberation: The Emotional Significance of LFO Debt Forgiveness in Reducing Criminal Legal System Involvement, with Lindsey Beach
Peer-Reviewed Publications

