PhD, M.A., and B.A., Sociology, Temple University
Fair Housing , Foreclosure/Predatory Lending, Real Estate Market Research (residential and commercial), Food Access, Neighborhood Revitalization Strategies, Arts and Culture, Program Evaluation
Ira Goldstein, Ph.D., is the Senior Advisor of Policy Solutions at Reinvestment Fund, a results-oriented, socially responsible community investment group. Dr. Goldstein has conducted spatial and statistical analyses in communities across the US. Those studies are used by government and philanthropy to craft policy and allocate public and philanthropic resources. He also has conducted studies of mortgage foreclosures and abusive lending practices. His work supported government-initiated civil rights and consumer protection cases. Dr. Goldstein created Reinvestment Fund’s proprietary Market Value Analysis (MVA), which is used in communities across the US. He also led the creation of Reinvestment Fund’s childcare access gap analysis.
For over 30 years, Dr. Goldstein has been a lecturer for University of Pennsylvania’s (Penn) Urban Studies program. He instructs in research methods, statistics, and housing policy. He is a fellow with the Penn’s Institute for Urban Research. Dr. Goldstein is also a member of the National Housing Crisis Task Force, which includes leading practitioners from public, private, and civic sectors, implementing innovative solutions to address America’s housing crisis. Before coming to Reinvestment Fund, Dr. Goldstein served as Mid-Atlantic Director of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity at HUD.
The Renters’ Access Act (RAA) articulated what the City of Philadelphia defines as uniform tenant screening criteria, creates a right to dispute a landlord’s decision to decline an application from a prospective tenant, and right to a next available unit should the dispute produce evidence that the prospective tenant was a qualified applicant.
In 2020, Reinvestment Fund partnered with the Build from Within Alliance (BfWA) and University of Pennsylvania’s Social Impact of the Arts Project (SIAP) to participate in an Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Knowledge Challenge to explore the place-based work of BfWA members.
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