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The Penn Institute for Urban Research is a university-wide body that addresses the issues of 21st century cities locally and globally.
Philadelphia, PA (USA)
Joined February 2011
The first #SpecialBriefing of 2025 is set to be one of the most anticipated yet, drawing top experts to break down the new President’s first month in office and what it means for #fiscalpolicy at all levels of government. Thursday, February 20 | 11 am ET
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🏡 How Can We Ensure Access to Affordable Housing? Experts Voices weigh in on what bold actions or structural reforms are needed. Read their insights: #AffordableHousing #UrbanPolicy #HousingFinance #Sustainability #ExpertVoices @susanwachter
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We are pleased to support the @Wharton @WeitzmanSchool #FutureofCities Conference Feb. 28, "Building for Belonging," exploring how cities are using innovative approaches to foster economic growth, enhance equity, and create vibrant, inclusive environments.
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In @bondbuyer, Penn IUR Fellow Bill Glasgall of The @VolckerAlliance and Special Briefing podcast explores major trends shaping public finance this year (free with registration): #PublicFinance #MunicipalBonds #StateBudgets #ClimateFinance #Policy
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"When there is no legitimacy, citizens evade the rules and populist leaders prosper. If they get power, they not only harm the market economy but also democracy…" Last chance to register for this book talk with Enrique Peñalosa! Thursday, Jan. 23 | 12 pm
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What's driving #inflation? #Housing, for one. But shelter numbers have actually come down. Penn IUR's @susanwachter of @Wharton tells NPR's @Marketplace that's good news: “Shelter inflation has come down, and it is coming down, and it will come down.”
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Penn IUR's @susanwachter is cautiously optimistic for 2025, telling Wharton Business Daily radio show on SiriusXM, "there are so many known unknowns.” Read more in @whartonknows:
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Join Penn IUR and @PennPress in welcoming @EnriquePenalosa, former mayor of Bogotá, Colombia, for a book talk event & panel discussion Thursday, January 23 at 12:00pm. Register now (hybrid event):
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🏘️ Mortgage lock-ins are deepening the housing crisis. In 2025, solutions must focus on supply: incentivizing construction, zoning reform, & innovative financing, @susanwachter tells @whartonknows. Affordable housing = livable cities.
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Housing experts expect the average annual price growth of homes to decelerate due to higher mortgage rates. “There’s price resistance across the board” Penn IUR's @susanwachter of @Wharton said. #fanniemae #housingprices #mortgagerates
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Much rumbling in the mortgage industry about the future under Trump--and if #FannieMae and #FreddieMac could be privatized. Penn IUR's @susanwachter of @Wharton weighs in:
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Penn IUR Co-Director Susan Wachter on the Wharton panel Policies that Work: Real Estate, Interest Rates, and the Shifting American Dream: "Higher mortgage rates are actually imposing a scarcity factor on housing as people are locked in and not selling their homes."
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🛣️📉💵📅 What's the road ahead for the economy, states, & localities as Donald Trump & the GOP take charge? Join Penn IUR & @VolckerAlliance as we explore this question for our upcoming #SpecialBriefing on 12/5 at 4:00 pm. Learn more & register:
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🛣️📉💵📅 What's the road ahead for the economy, states, & localities as Donald Trump & the GOP take charge? Join Penn IUR & @VolckerAlliance as we explore this question for our upcoming #SpecialBriefing on 12/5 at 4:00 pm. Learn more & register:
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🚨 🗺️ 📅 TODAY! join us in celebrating #GISDay at the Research Data and Digital Scholarship. The Keynote Lecture of the day will be "Exploring Cities through the Lens of Urban Analytics" with @AndyCrooks @GeographyUb @UBuffalo at 12:00pm. Learn more:
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This Wed. 11/20, join us in celebrating #GISDay at the Research Data and Digital Scholarship. The Keynote Lecture of the day will be "Exploring Cities through the Lens of Urban Analytics" with @AndyCrooks @GeographyUb @UBuffalo at 12:00pm. Learn more:
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🏙️📅 Next Monday, 11/11 @ 11:30am, Join Penn IUR and @KleinmanEnergy for a panel of Penn scholars as they discuss new innovations in carbon capture. Register Now:
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🏙️📅 Next Monday, 11/11 @ 11:30am, Join Penn IUR and @KleinmanEnergy for a panel of Penn scholars as they discuss new innovations in carbon capture. Register Now:
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The rise in #remotework decreased office occupancy and drove up home prices with downtown economies feeling the pinch. Will cities' response lead to urban flight or a renaissance? Penn IUR's @susanwachter weighs in @whartonmagazine
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🚨🏙️📢 Next Tuesday, Oct. 29th at 5:30PM, join @pennurban for their annual Norman Glickman Lecture. This year, Dr. Robert Vargas, Department of Sociology at @UChicago will give a lecture on "Public Safety Innovation After George Floyd." Register now:
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