Jane Rongerude's research interests focus on the role of housing within urban systems of poverty management. Within these systems, she investigates how poverty is being dispersed, shifted and reformed within the urban landscape. As a result, she has developed a strong foundation of expertise in the areas of housing needs, housing policy, neighborhood revitalization, and community development. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she shifted her research to focus on the problem of rental housing instability. This work seeks to understand the role of landlord decision-making as it relates to rental housing outcomes. It investigates landlord characteristics, impacts, and responses to the pandemic.
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鈥淎s a person who studies housing, when COVID-19 started and there was news of the first rental moratorium, it seemed clear to me that we had a potential eviction crisis on our hands. People were not expected to pay their rent for awhile, but there was nothing in place to guarantee that at the end of that moratorium they would be able to pay their rent. There has been really good work looking at housing instability from the tenants鈥 perspective, but I found that almost no one talks to landlords, even though they鈥檙e an essential piece of our system.鈥
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鈥淵outh are often not included in community plans. They鈥檙e users of our neighborhoods, they鈥檙e a big part of the community, yet their voices are often not represented in neighborhood plans.鈥
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