Expert

Biography
Peter A. Tatian is a senior fellow at the Urban Institute and research director for Urban–Greater DC. He is an expert on US housing policy, particularly in the areas of housing assistance and affordable housing preservation. He advises nonprofits on performance management and evaluation and heads Urban’s work providing technical assistance on data collection and use to grantees of the US Department of Education’s Promise Neighborhoods initiative.
Tatian directed the evaluation of the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling program, which has provided counseling services to more than 1 million troubled homeowners. He has also studied the impacts of public and supportive housing on neighborhoods and has worked on housing policy reform in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Tatian is a member of the DC Local Initiatives Support Corporation advisory committee, the Park Morton New Communities steering committee, and the United Planning Organization community reinvestment advisory council.
Research Reports
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Research Report Housing and Housing FinanceFebruary 4, 2021
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Brief ChildrenDecember 23, 2020
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Research Report Neighborhoods, Cities, and MetrosDecember 22, 2020
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Brief Race and EthnicityAugust 18, 2020
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Brief Education and TrainingDecember 24, 2019
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Research Report Housing and Housing FinanceMargery Austin Turner, Leah Hendey, Maya Brennan, Peter A. Tatian, Kathryn Reynolds, Aaron Shroyer, Sarah Strochak, Martha Fedorowicz, Steven Martin, Yipeng SuSeptember 4, 2019
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Research Report Housing and Housing FinanceJune 28, 2019
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Research Report FamiliesJennifer Comey, Peter A. Tatian, Lesley Freiman, Mary K. Winkler, Christopher R. Hayes, Kaitlin FranksMarch 1, 2019
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December 18, 2018