Urban and housing economics have been the focus of this expert's work for more than 20 years, encompassing research, policy analysis, and consulting involving housing markets, homeownership, immigration, affordable housing, community development, public finance, education policy, poverty, social policy, and social innovation. His expertise includes evaluating how demographic change influences U.S. housing markets, immigrant integration into housing and labor markets, household formation, housing tenure decisions, and the economic factors affecting residential real estate and public policy. He also has more than 20 years of expert witness experience providing consultations and depositions involving housing economics, public policy, and economic analysis.

His professional experience includes serving as Professor, Department Chair, Director of Social Policy, Director of a Homelessness Policy Research Institute, Research Director, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Associate Dean for Research and Technology, Director of Graduate Programs, Director of a Public Policy Program, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, and Visiting Professor for public policy schools, research institutes, and academic institutions. Throughout his career, he has conducted research and policy analysis involving housing economics, real estate markets, homeownership, affordable housing, public finance, homelessness, immigration, education policy, and community development. His work has included consulting on housing finance, real estate economics, demographic trends, public policy, and economic analysis for public agencies, private organizations, and nonprofit institutions while applying quantitative and economic methodologies to evaluate housing markets, household behavior, and policy outcomes.

He earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics and a Bachelor of Arts in Quantitative Economics and Decision Sciences. He is a Fellow of the Homer Hoyt Institute for Advanced Studies and has served as President, Vice President, and Board Member of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, in addition to leadership roles with the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. He serves on the editorial boards of leading journals in real estate and urban economics and has authored a book and numerous peer-reviewed publications on housing economics, urban economics, real estate finance, immigration, education policy, homelessness, and public policy.