Ben Preis @benjaminpreis.com · 11/08/2026Excited to be joining the Roosevelt Institute as a Good Life Resident for Housing! 030
Reposted by Ben PreisThe 51st @51st.news · 12/07/2026"I worry that there is misleading information coming directly from the D.C. government that may be confusing tenants about their rights." A loophole in D.C.'s new RENTAL Act that is further threatening TOPA protections for renters:51st.newsDC tenant advocates sound alarm about a RENTAL Act loopholeTenant organizers fought to exempt renovated buildings from the sweeping housing law, but advocates say that isn’t working in practice. 0245
Ben Preis @benjaminpreis.com · 23/06/2026It's a shame that LLM's ruined the sentence construction of "X isn't Y -- it's Z." That sometimes a useful sentence construction but now I can't read it without thinking that an LLM wrote it. 000
Ben Preis @benjaminpreis.com · 10/05/2026Some days I feel like my job is just copy-editing AI slop that Very Important People have sent to me while pretending that it is their Very Good Work Product, and I am tired of it. 020
Ben Preis @benjaminpreis.com · 09/09/2025Very excited to contribute to #TheRooftop at from @futurelandhousing.bsky.social at New America. My piece discusses the roadblocks that face the diffusion of policy innovations in housing and how policy entrepreneurs can help overcome some of these barriers. www.newamerica.org/future-land-...newamerica.orgWe Need More Policy Entrepreneurs to Solve the Housing CrisisAmid a growing wealth of good ideas to address the housing shortage, we need to make sure the right ones reach the right places. 010
Reposted by Ben PreisAllison Shertzer @econhist-allday.bsky.social · 07/07/2025I am looking for a research assistant to work with me on the development of U.S. housing markets. Experience with ArcGIS, Stata useful. We build datasets that allow us to understand housing affordability, the impacts of transit and zoning, and more: rb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FRS/jo...rb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.comResearch Assistant/Sr. Research AssistantCompany Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Job Description Summary Research assistants (RAs) at the Philadelphia Fed play a key role in the Economic Research Department. Whether they are helping eco... 32618
Ben Preis @benjaminpreis.com · 26/06/2025After a tremendous year of work, I'm pleased to announce that the National Housing Crisis Task Force has released its State & Local Housing Action Plan. With 15 bold ideas to address the housing shortage, we hope this plan can help local leaders act now. nationalhousingcrisis.org/app/uploads/... 020
Ben Preis @benjaminpreis.com · 29/04/2025Californians... talk to me about SB750. Any analysis of the proposal and its potential impacts? @resnikoff.bsky.social @mnolangray.bsky.social 010
Ben Preis @benjaminpreis.com · 13/03/2025I know I'm not the first one to make the critique, but it is a sad state of affairs to celebrate a not-quite-monthly, nbhood-specific street closure when major cities all around the world close arterial roads every weekend. Just wish DC could get there. 120
Ben Preis @benjaminpreis.com · 17/12/2024Really excited to read this paper by a great group of scholars studying a critical issue as different forms of rental property ownership continues to be an issue vexing local communities. 040
Reposted by Ben PreisPrentiss Dantzler @docdantzler.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Housing Policy Debate has opened a call for papers exploring the question "How does housing policy impact the racial wealth gap?" (1/2) 11211
Reposted by Ben PreisDaniel Kay Hertz @danielkayhertz.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Is there a recent-ish digest paper of state-level housing affordability/production interventions? 231
Ben Preis @benjaminpreis.com · 05/12/2024Maybe billionaires buying newspapers wasn't the best solution to the local news crisis. 040
Ben Preis @benjaminpreis.com · 27/11/2024Does anyone know of a database of which states/localities offer tax abatements/exemptions for affordable housing - and what those abatement requirements are? @yfreemark.bsky.social @cbgoodman.co maybe you know of something? 100
Ben Preis @benjaminpreis.com · 25/11/2024I appreciate the spirit of a national model building code (it's in the report that the National Housing Crisis Task Force just released earlier this month), but I'm skeptical of an *Affordable Housing building code* as that could imply that affordable housing is held to a lower standard. 100
Reposted by Ben PreisKatie Kramer @katiebkramer.bsky.social · 15/11/2024I created a Starter Pack to help our economic development friends find each other. Join the conversation and help spread tbr word! 4101
Ben Preis @benjaminpreis.com · 21/11/2024Excited to have Pittsburgh data-provider and holder of the historical knowledge Chris Briem over here. 000
Ben Preis @benjaminpreis.com · 21/11/2024As someone working on creating some state and local housing policy explainers, I'm pretty interested in this question myself! 141
Reposted by Ben PreisTony Damiano @tonydamiano.bsky.social · 19/11/2024New Research Thread🧵: We examine the spatial patterns and eviction rates of single-family landlords in the Twin Cities. We find Private Equity firms and REITs each have their own distinct geographies and evict tenants at higher rates than smaller landlords. 1/ 511645
Reposted by Ben PreisYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 20/11/2024Want to contribute to Transit Explorer (www.thetransportpolitic.com/transitexplo...) & Atlas of Sustainable Transport (itdp.org/publication/...)? @itdp-hq.bsky.social has a $2,500 RFP out for folks who know how to map. If you're interested, check out the link: oneitdp.sharepoint.com/:w:/s/Sustai... 192
Ben Preis @benjaminpreis.com · 08/01/2024🚨🚨Just absolutely thrilled to see my first dissertation paper in print with Annals of the AAG🎉🎉 "Where the Landlords Are: A Network Approach to Landlord-Rental Locations" 🧵... doi.org/10.1080/2469... 1124
Ben Preis @benjaminpreis.com · 02/12/2023One thing they don't tell you about getting married: the cardboard boxes when you receive wedding gifts. So many cardboard boxes. 110
Ben Preis @benjaminpreis.com · 29/11/2023How long can an article be "Awaiting Final Decision" before it becomes appropriate to email a journal editor? 000
Ben Preis @benjaminpreis.com · 02/10/2023🎉🎉 Let me use my first post here to announce that my first dissertation paper has been accepted to the Annals of the AAG. Pre-print forthcoming to my website, and hopefully published by AAG soon! 🎉🎉 1101