This research examines how the location of affordable housing shapes access to opportunity. Using mixed methods, the study evaluates whether state-created opportunity maps influence where affordable housing developments are built. The work highlights how housing policy affects access to education, transportation, employment, and long-term social mobility for low-income residents.

This research explores “emotional infrastructure” in cities—small, often overlooked traces like graffiti and stickers that foster connection and belonging. It argues that urban experience is shaped not just by physical structures but by shared emotional signals, urging people to break out of digital isolation and engage with the lived environment around them.