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Yonah Freemark
Principal Research Associate
Fair Housing, Land Use, and Transportation Practice Area Lead
Research Director, Land Use Lab at Urban
Housing and Communities Division Fair Housing, Land Use, and Transportation
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    Yonah Freemark is a principal research associate in the Housing and Communities Division at the Urban Institute. He is the research director of the Land Use Lab at Urban. His research focuses on the intersection of land use, affordable housing, transportation, and governance. He has published peer-reviewed scholarship in numerous journals, including Urban Affairs ReviewPolitics & SocietyHousing Policy Debate, and the Journal of the American Planning Association.

    Previously, Freemark worked for Chicago’s Metropolitan Planning Council and has written for the New York TimesNext City, and CityLab, among other publications. He holds master’s degrees in city planning and in transportation, as well as a PhD in urban studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He lives along the U Street Corridor in Washington, DC. Find Yonah on BlueSky.

    Research and Evidence
    Housing and Communities Technology and Data
    Expertise
    Housing, Land Use, and Transportation Housing Urban Development and Planning
    Tags
    Housing affordability Planning for climate change Decarbonization and greenhouse gas reduction Equitable development Fair housing and housing discrimination Federal budget and economy Federal urban policies Housing subsidies Housing markets Infrastructure International housing and land markets International public administration and local government Multifamily housing Public and assisted housing Transportation Land use


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    Climate and Community Project
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