41007 - Housing as an Asset

Description

Americans’ wealth holdings are dominated by the value of their home, making it an incredibly important asset for understanding patterns of inequality. This session will explore topics focused on the assetization of housing including inequalities in homeownership rates across places and groups, how housing contributes to debt through taxation, and the role of property assessment in inequities in housing values. For all CUSS sessions, we welcome research centering topics of race, racism, and racialization; international research; and research on urban, suburban, and rural spaces.

Sub Unit

• Community and Urban Sociology Section / Housing as an Asset

Presider

• Joe LaBriola, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Individual Presentations

• The Moral Principles of Buyer Legitimacy: Perceptions of Who Should Be Allowed to Buy in the American Housing Market - Angela He, Stanford University

• Dealing in Distress: How Investors Find Value in Ailing Homes and Influence Housing Affordability - Warren Lowell, Vanderbilt University

Session Organizer

• Joe LaBriola, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor