Real Estate
Professor Richard Green’s working paper finds that an influx of college grads in a city increases wages for workers of all levels – but the increase in housing costs offsets the higher earnings for low-skilled workers.
Adam Daneshgar MRED ’09 says the iconic location showcases the city’s cultural diversity, and he “wanted to keep that value instilled in the market going forward.”
Founded in 1993, the Ross Minority Program in Real Estate started as a way to contribute to rebuilding after the Los Angeles civil unrest.
The working group will make recommendations for tenant protections in unincorporated L.A. County, which has become increasingly unaffordable for its approximately one million residents.
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| Name | Position | Expertise | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Marlon Boarnet | Professor Chair, Department of Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis | Transportation, travel behavior, urban growth patterns, regional science, urban economics |
 | Mary Lynne Boorn | Associate Professor (Teaching) | Principles of real estate, real estate finance, real estate development |
 | Spencer Couts | Assistant Professor | Alternative investments, commercial real estate finance, and institutional investment |
 | Jorge De la Roca | Assistant Professor | Urban economics, labor economics, economic geography, urban migration |
 | Moussa Diop | Assistant Professor | Rental markets, real estate finance, mortgage securitization, corporate real estate, international real estate investment |
 | Liz Falletta | Professor (Teaching) | Architecture, urban design, design criticism |
 | Genevieve Giuliano | Professor Margaret and John Ferraro Chair in Effective Local Government Director, METRANS Transportation Center | Transportation policy, metropolitan spatial structure, travel demand, urban transportation |
 | Richard K. Green | Professor Director and Chair of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate Chair, Wilbur H. Smith III Department of Real Estate Development | Economics, housing markets, housing policy, tax policy, transportation, mortgage finance, urban growth |
 | John Loper | Associate Professor (Teaching) | Real estate development, real estate finance, urban and suburban development, master planned communities, urban design |
 | Gary Dean Painter | Professor Chair of the Department of Public Policy and Director of the Sol Price Center for Social Innovation Director, USC Sol Price Center for Social Innovation, Director, Homelessness Policy Research Institute | Social Innovation, Housing economics, Urban economics, education policy, program evaluation |
 | Christian L. Redfearn | Associate Professor Borstein Family Endowed Professor of Real Estate | Public policy, urban economics, housing markets, real estate finance |
