Publications
Wisconsin
Vacant Land Stewardship Research Series
Stabilizing vacant lots through cleanups and regular maintenance can help to reduce the harms of unmaintained vacant land on mental and physical health.
Read More »Replicating Detroit's Make it Home Program
Analyzing cities that have the potential to implement a program similar to Detroit’s Make it Home, transitioning tenants to homeowners.
Read More »Reversing the Downward Trajectory of African American Middle Neighborhoods in Legacy Cities
Black urban middle neighborhoods are facing an existential crisis. This report shares key highlights from Alan Mallach’s research from predominately Black neighborhoods in six legacy cities and offers strategies for Black middle neighborhood revival.
Read More »Looking at Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2000-2012
Gentrification is the subject of extensive, often intense, discussion. This report focuses the conversation toward legacy cities, assessing potential gentrification alongside parallel neighborhood decline, using Milwaukee as an example.
Read More »Comparing American Cities
The fact that something is happening in American cities is beyond dispute. Is it just about the march of the millennials to the cities, or, as many writers claim, is it about a shift in preferences cutting across generations; and is it affecting all American cities to roughly the same extent, or are certain cities benefiting, while others are falling behind?
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