Jenny Schuetz
Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program, Future of the Middle Class Initiative at Brookings Institution
Biography
Brookings Institution
Jenny Schuetz is a Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro, and is an expert in urban economics and housing policy. Dr. Schuetz has written numerous peer-reviewed journal articles on land use regulation, housing prices, urban amenities, and neighborhood change. Dr. Schuetz has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, the PBS NewsHour, The Indicator podcast, Vox, and Slate.
Dr. Schuetz is the author of Fixer Upper: How to Repair America's Broken Housing Systems.
Topics of recent research include: how statewide zoning reform could improve housing affordability; local strategies to help renters during the COVID-19 crisis; rethinking homeownership incentives to narrow the racial wealth gap; and how housing costs exacerbate economic and racial segregation.
Before joining Brookings, Dr. Schuetz served as a principal economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Dr. Schuetz was also an assistant professor at the University of Southern California and a post-doctoral fellow at NYU Furman. Dr. Schuetz is a nonresident senior fellow at GWU’s Center for Washington Area Studies and teaches in Georgetown’s urban planning program.
Dr. Schuetz earned a PhD in public policy from Harvard University, a master’s in city planning from M.I.T., and a B.A. with Highest Distinction in economics and political and social thought from the University of Virginia.
ADDITIONAL EXPERTISE AREAS
- Housing Policy
- Land Use Regulation
- Urban Amenities
- Neighborhood Change
PAST POSITION
- Principal Economist, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Videos
How To Repair America's Broken Housing Systems with Jenny Schuetz and NEXT Chapel Hill Carrboro
How can government make housing more affordable?
Fixer-Upper: How to Repair America’s Broken Housing Systems
How to Repair America’s Broken Housing Systems (w/Dr. Jenny Schuetz)
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