Being a part of the Urban Institute’s deep tradition of rigorous, high-quality research lets me better understand how social and housing policy intersect with economic outcomes and community change.
Mark Treskon is a principal research associate in the Housing and Communities Division at the Urban Institute. His work focuses on affordable and subsidized housing, financial capability interventions, place-based community development, and civic assets and the cultural economy.
His research on housing has included evaluations of federally subsidized housing programs, assessments of COVID-19-era eviction prevention and mitigation programs, and studies of programs using financial capability interventions to promote housing stability. On civic assets and the arts, Treskon has examined the intersection of creative placemaking, safety, and community development; studied the employment model used in an artist employment program in New York; and examined the impacts of parks on physical, social, and environmental health.
Treskon has published peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on federally subsidized housing programs, community-based planning, home lending policy advocacy, and the arts economy. He has a bachelor’s degree in geography from the University of Chicago, a master’s degree in urban planning from the University of Toronto, and a PhD in sociology from New York University.
