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Philip Garboden, PhD

Associate Professor
garboden@uchicago.edu
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969 E. 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637

Areas of Expertise
Housing
Public Policy

Philip Garboden's primary research agenda looks at how supply side actors – landlords, developers, and property managers – respond to state, local, and federal housing policy in ways that exacerbate the structural marginalization of low-income and non-white communities. He is currently working on a book for Princeton University Press entitled American Landlord (coauthored with Eva Rosen) that examines how landlords leverage the uneven power dynamics of low-rent housing markets in ways that shape tenant well-being.

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Books 

  • Garboden, Philip ME and Eva Rosen. American Landlord. Under contract with Princeton University Press. Expected publication in 2024.

Journal Publications (* = double blinded peer review)

  • Sudeall, Lauren, Elora L. Raymond, and Philip ME Garboden. (Forthcoming). “Disaster Discordance: Local Court Implementation of State and Federal Eviction Prevention Policies during COVID-19.” Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy.

  • *Garboden, Philip ME. (Forthcoming, Online Early Access). “The Rents of Whiteness: Dismantling Possession and Exclusion in Anti-Racist Urban Planning.” Journal of the American Planning Association.

  • *Rita, Nathalie, Philip ME Garboden, and Jennifer Darrah-Okike. (Forthcoming, Online Early Access). “You Have to Prove that You're Homeless: Vulnerability and Gatekeeping in Public Housing Prioritization Policies.” City & Community.

  • *Garboden, Philip ME. (Forthcoming, Online Early Access). “You Can’t Get There from Here: Mobility Networks and Administrative Balkanization in the Housing Choice Voucher Program” Journal of Planning Education and Research.

  • *Garboden, Philip ME. (Forthcoming, Online Early Access).Amateur Real Estate Investing,” The Journal of Urban Affairs.

  • *Garboden, Philip ME, Fan, Lenny, Amitabh Basu, Tamas Budavari, Michael Braverman, and John David Evans. (Forthcoming, Online Early Access). “Combinatorial Optimization for Urban Planning: Strategic Demolition of Vacant Houses.” Journal of Planning Education and Research.

  • *Rosen, Eva and Philip ME Garboden. (2022) “Landlord Paternalism: Housing the Poor with a Velvet Glove.” Social Problems. 69(2), 470–491.

  • *Rosen, Eva, Philip ME Garboden, and Jennifer Cossyleon. (2021) “Racial Discrimination in Housing: How Landlords Use Algorithms and Home Visits to Screen Tenants.” American Sociological Review. 86(5), 787-822.

  • *Nelson, Kyle, Philip ME Garboden, Eva Rosen, and Brian McCabe. (2021) “Evictions: The Comparative Analysis Problem.” Housing Policy Debate, 31:3-5, 696-716.

  • *Rita, Nathalie, Jennifer Darrah, Rachel Engel, Philip ME Garboden. (2020) “Contesting the Right to the City Under Scarcity: The Case of Micronesians in Hawaiʻi’s Public Housing” Housing and Society, 47:3, 165-188.

  • *Garboden, Philip ME and Christine Jang. (2020) “There’s Money to Be Made in Community: Real Estate Developers, Community Organizing, and Profit-making in Shrinking Cities.” Journal of Urban Affairs. 42:3, pp. 414-434. Winner of the 2021 Best Article in the Journal of Urban Affairs Award

  • *Garboden, Philip ME and Eva Rosen. (2019). “Serial Filing: How Landlords Use the Threat of Eviction." City & Community, 18(2), 638-661.

  • *Garboden, Philip ME, Rosen, E., DeLuca, S., & Edin, K. (2018). “Taking Stock: What Drives Landlord Participation in the Housing Choice Voucher Program.” Housing Policy Debate, 28(6), 979-1003.

  • Garboden, Philip ME and Eva Rosen. (2018). “Talking to Landlords.” Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research. 20(3), 281-291.

  • *Garboden, Philip ME, Sandra Newman, and Tama Leventhal. (2017). “Estimating the Effects of Residential Mobility: A Methodological Note.” Journal of Social Service Research. Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 246-261.

  • *DeLuca, Stefanie, Philip ME Garboden, and Peter Rosenblatt. (2013). “Segregating Shelter: How Housing Policies Shape the Residential Locations of Low Income Minority Families.” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.  Special Volume, “Rethinking Urban Disadvantage: The Role of Systems, Institutions, and Organizations” (Mario Small and Scott Allard, Eds.) Vol. 647, May, pp. 268-299.

  • Newman, Sandra and Philip ME Garboden. (2013). “Psychometrics of Housing Quality Measurement in the American Housing Survey.” Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research. Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 293-306.

  • *Garboden, Philip ME and Sandra Newman. (2012). “Is Preserving Small, Low-end Rental Housing Feasible?” Housing Policy Debate. Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 507-526.

Book Chapters

  • Rosen, Eva and Philip ME Garboden. (Forthcoming). “Algorithmic and Racial Discrimination in the Housing Market” in Artificial Intelligence and the City, Federico Cugurullo, Simon Marvin, Pauline McGuirk, Federico Caprotti, Matthew Cook and Andy Karvone, Eds. Routledge, Oxfordshire, UK.

  • Garboden, Philip ME. (Forthcoming). “Moving Beyond Good Landlord, Bad Landlord: A Theoretical Investigation of Exploitation in Housing,” in The Sociology of Housing: An Edited Volume, Brian McCabe and Eva Rosen, Eds. Chicago University Press, Chicago, IL.

  • Darrah-Okike, Jennifer, Lorinda Riley, Philip ME Garboden, and Nathalie Rita. (Forthcoming). “Unsettling Native Land: Indigenous Perspectives on Housing,” in The Sociology of Housing: An Edited Volume, Brian McCabe and Eva Rosen, Eds. Chicago University Press, Chicago, IL.

  • Garboden, Philip ME. (2020). “Sources and Types of Big Data for Macroeconomic Forecasting.” in Macroeconomic Forecasting in the Era of Big Data. Peter Fuleky, Ed. Springer, New York, NY.

Book Reviews, Commentaries, and Published Miscellanea

  • Garboden, Philip ME. (2022) “Incorporating Equity into HUD’s Learning Agenda: Thoughts on Studying Structure.” Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research. Vol. 24, No. 2, pp 139-148.

  • Garboden, Philip ME. “Review of Upsold: Real Estate Agents, Prices, and Neighborhood Inequality by Max Besbris.” (2022). Social Forces. 100:4, e13.

  • Garboden, Philip ME. (2021) “Review of A Detroit Story: Urban Decline and the Rise of Property Informality by Claire Herbert.” Social Forces. 100:2, e18.

  • Polster, Katia and Philip ME Garboden. (2021) “Review of the Routledge Handbook of Housing Policy and Planning, Eds. Katrin B. Anacker, David P Varady, and Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim.” Online early access, Journal of Urban Affairs, 43:4, 605-607.

  • Garboden, Philip ME and Prentiss Dantzler. (2019). “A Methodological Critique of Wassmer and Wahid.” Housing Policy Debate, 29:2, 359-362.

Working Papers (available upon request)

  • Rebecca J. Walter, Arthur Acolin, Ruoniu Wang, Gregg Colburn, Chris Hess, Alex Ramiller, Kyle Crowder, Thomas B. Foster, and Philip ME Garboden. “The association between changes in household composition and residential mobility of subsidized households.”

  • Watson, Henry, Philip ME Garboden, Henry Watson, Brian McCabe, Eva Rosen. “Every Month Like Clockwork: Patterns and Prevalence of Serial Eviction Filing.”

  • Rosen, Eva, Natasha Camhi, and Philip ME Garboden. “Housing Policy Loopholes: How Landlords Evade Tenant Friendly Housing Laws.”

  • Garboden, Philip ME, Eva Rosen, and Rangrang Zheng. “Entries and Exits of Voucher Subsidized Stock: Modeling Unit Retention in the Housing Choice Voucher Program.”

  • Jennifer Darrah-Okike, Jennifer, Rachel Engel, Philip ME Garboden, Michelle Harangody, Katia Polster, Nathalie Rita, Hayden Shelby [alpha. authors]. “Using A Housing Voucher During the COVID-19 Pandemic.”

  • Garboden, Philip ME and Stefanie DeLuca. “I came straight here: How Poor Families Search for Housing.”

  • DeLuca, Stefanie, Anna Rhodes, Philip ME Garboden, Xiao Yu. “Expanding the Geography of Educational Opportunity: Can Housing Policy Improve the Achievement of Minority Youth?”

  • Garboden, Philip ME and Tamas Budavari, “Assessing the Effects of Abandoned Properties on Real Estate Values.”

Policy Reports

  • Jennifer Darrah-Okike, Jennifer, Christielove Espinosa, Nathalie Rita, Rachel Engel and Philip ME Garboden. (2022). “Windward Eviction Prevention Project: Report of Lessons Learned.” Harold K.L. Castle Foundation: Honolulu, HI.

  • Garboden, Philip ME and Allison Vande Kappelle. (2022). “RAD in Baltimore.” Abell Foundation Report: Baltimore, MD.

  • Engel, Rachel, Philip ME Garboden, Jennifer Darrah-Okike, Hayden Shelby, Nathalie Rita, Katia M. Polster, Michelle Harangody. (2022). “Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing: Phase 2 Report.” The Hawaii Public Housing Authority; The Department of Human Services’ Benefits, Employment and Support Services Division; The Hawai‘i Housing Finance and Development Corporation; The City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Community Services; The County of Hawai‘i’s Office of Housing and Community Development; The County of Maui’s Department of Housing and Human Concerns; The Kauai County Housing Agency: Honolulu, HI.

  • Peck, Laura R., Larry Buron, Meryl Finkel, Judy Geyer, Hannah Thomas, Philip ME Garboden, Nishi Kumar, and Anna Mahathey. (2022). “MTW Landlord Incentives Evaluation Research Design.” U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research: Washington, DC.

  • Finkel, Meryl, Jill Khadduri, Anna Mahathey, Philip ME Garboden, Austin Nichols, Larry Buron, and Hanna Carr. (2021). “MTW4 Landlord Study: Final Research Design.” Department of Housing and Urban Development: Washington, DC.

  • Engel, Rachel, Christielove Espinosa, Philip ME Garboden, Nathalie Rita [alpha. authors]. (2021). “Recommendations for an Affordable Housing Funding Strategy.” Hau‘oli Mau Loa Foundation: Honolulu, HI.

  • Rita, Nathalie, Jennifer Darrah-Okike, and Philip ME Garboden. (2020) “Public Housing in Hawai‘i: Assessing the Needs of Public Housing Residents.” Hawai‘i Public Housing Authority and the University of Hawai‘i Community Design Center: Honolulu, HI.

  • Cossyleon, Jennifer, Philip ME Garboden, and Stefanie DeLuca. (2020). “Recruiting Opportunity Landlords: Lessons from Landlords in Maryland.” Poverty & Race Research Action Council and Mobility Works: Washington, DC.

  • Garboden, Philip ME, Krysia Mossakowski, Jennifer Darrah, Hayden Shelby, Dina Shek, and Deja Ostrowski. (2020) “Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing: Phase 1 Report” separate reports for:

    • The Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA);

    • The Department of Human Services’ Benefits, Employment and Support Services Division (DHS-BESSD);

    • The Hawai‘i Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC);

    • The City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Community Services (DCS);

    • The County of Hawai‘i’s Office of Housing and Community Development (OHCD);

    • The County of Maui’s Department of Housing and Human Concerns (DHHC);

    • The Kauai County Housing Agency (KCHA)

  • Garboden, Philip ME, Sara Doermann. (2020). “PHAs and the Affordable Housing Crisis” for The Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA), Honolulu, HI.

  • Garboden, Philip ME, Love, Inessa and Thuy Doan (2019). “Wellbeing and Housing Report Supplement.” Prepared for the Hawaii Leadership Forum. UHERO Working Papers.

  • Love, Inessa and Philip ME Garboden (2019). “Drivers of well-being in Hawaii: Quantifying individual and community impacts.” Prepared for the Hawaii Leadership Forum. UHERO Working Papers.

  • Garboden, Philip ME, Eva Rosen, Meredith Greif, Stefanie DeLuca, Kathryn Edin. (2018). “A Research Report: Urban Landlords and the Geography of Opportunity.” Department of Housing and Urban Development: Washington, DC.

  • Garboden, Philip ME. (2016). “The Double Crisis: A Statistical Report on Rental Housing Costs and Affordability in Baltimore City, 2000-2013” Abell Foundation Report: Baltimore, MD.

  • DeLuca, Stefanie, Eva Rosen, and Philip ME Garboden, (2016). “Interim Report: Landlord Practices and the Housing Choice Voucher Program” Department of Housing and Urban Development: Washington, DC.

  • Garboden, Philip ME, Timothy Nelson, and Kathryn Edin. (2016). “J. Van Story Branch Building Needs Assessment” Johns Hopkins University, Office of the President, Baltimore, MD.

  • DeLuca, Stefanie, Anna Rhodes, and Philip ME Garboden. (2016). “The Power of Place: How Housing Policy Can Boost Educational Opportunity.” Abell Foundation Report: Baltimore, MD.

  • Garboden, Philip ME and Sandra Newman. (2015). “Small Rental Properties in Baltimore.” in Maintenance and Investment in Small Rental Properties: Findings from New York City and Baltimore. The Furman Center: New York, NY.

  • DeLuca, Stefanie, Philip ME Garboden, and Peter Rosenblatt. (2012). “Why Don’t Vouchers Do a Better Job of Deconcentrating Poverty? Insights from Fieldwork with Poor Families.” Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) Newsletter. Vol. 21 No. 5.

Popular Press Publications and Academic Blogs

  • DeLuca, Stefanie, Kathryn Edin, Philip ME Garboden, Meredith Greif, Eva Rosen. (2021). “Renters and landlords alike need more federal assistance to survive the pandemic.” The Baltimore Sun.

  • Garboden, Philip ME. (2020). “November Rental Market: Troubling Signs Remain As State Prepares for an Uncertain 2021.” UHERO Blog.

  • Garboden, Philip ME and Isabelle Picciotto. (2020). “Estimating COVID-19 Induced Rental Housing Hardship in 2021.” UHERO Blog.

  • Garboden, Philip ME. (2020). “The August Rental Market: Struggling Tenants and Rising Vacancies” UHERO Blog.

  • Garboden, Philip ME and Isabelle Picciotto. (2020). “Survey results for woman owned businesses.” UHERO Blog.

  • Garboden, Philip ME and Isabelle Picciotto. (2020). “Survey update shows widespread hardship for local businesses.” UHERO Blog.

  • Garboden, Philip ME and Isabelle Picciotto. (2020). “Estimating the Need for Rental Assistance in Hawaii.” UHERO Blog.

  • Justin Tyndall and Philip ME Garboden. (2020). “Early UI Data Reveals Differential Impacts of the Economic Shutdown.” UHERO Blog.

  • Garboden, Philip ME. (2020). “County Results from Small Business Survey” UHERO Blog.

  • Garboden, Philip ME. (2020). “Preserving Housing Stability During Hawaii’s COVID Crisis” UHERO Blog.

  • Garboden, Philip ME. (2020). “COVID-19’s Uneven Impact on Businesses and Workers: Results from a UHERO-Chamber of Commerce Hawaii Survey” UHERO Blog.

  • Garboden, Philip ME, Stefanie DeLuca, Eva Rosen, Meredith Greif, and Kathy Edin. (2019). “Section 8 Needs Updating” Baltimore Sun Letter to the Editor: Nov. 7th 2019.

  • Rosen, Eva and Philip ME Garboden. (2019). “The Federal Shutdown Damaged Housing Voucher Programs” The American Prospect.

  • Rosen, Eva and Philip ME Garboden. (2017). “The True ‘American Carnage:’ Trump’s HUD Budget.” 21st Century Cities Initiative Policy Blog.

  • Garboden, Philip ME and Eva Rosen. (2016). “When Landlords Discriminate.” Talk Poverty.

Prior to his position at Crown, Philip ME Garboden was the inaugural HCRC Professor in Affordable Housing Economics, Policy, and Planning at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. During the 2022-2023 academic year, Garboden was a visiting scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation. He holds a PhD in Sociology, an MA in Public Policy, and an MSE in Applied Math and Statistics, all from Johns Hopkins University.