at the University of Texas at San Antonio
About Us
We are committed to high-quality research
At HOUSED Lab we believe in the power of research to promote social wellbeing and mutual understanding. We believe that housing justice and economic development goals are complementary instead of opposing. We strive to provide high-quality, transparent and reproducible research outcomes in each of our projects.
Our Story
Our Lab is small and young, but it is based on strong values of integrity and state of the art methods to provide solid evidence of how to reconcile housing justice and economic development goals.
Since 2021, our lab is based at the University of Texas at San Antonio within the School of Architecture and Planning and the Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design.​
Meet The Team
Esteban López Ochoa Ph.D.
HOUSED Lab Director
Afia Farjana
MSURP (c) Capstone Student
Sarah Serpas, AICP
PhD (c) Demography
Justin Pons
MS Data Analytics (c) | Practicum Student
Salomon Mendoza
MSURP Graduate Research Assistant
Christina Muñoz-Quintanilla
PhD (c) Demography
Adrian Arevalo
MSURP (c) Thesis Student
Collaborating Faculty
Housing and Economic Development research is by essence multidisciplinary. At HOUSED Lab, we collaborate with a wide range of UTSA faculty members to bring the best research to fruition.
Wei Zhai, Ph.D.
Co-author | Co-PI
Neil Debagge, Ph.D.
Co-Author | Co-PI
Kristen Brown, Ph.D.
Co-Author | Co-PI
Farzad Hashemi, Ph.D.
Co-Author | Co-PI
Ryun Jung Lee, Ph.D
Co-author | Co-PI
Angela Lombardi, Ph.D.
Co-Author | Co-PI
Alumni
Several students from the Master of Science of Urban and Regional Planning and the PhD programs of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Demography at UTSA have worked at the HOUSED Lab in the past. We are proud to see them take on new professional and academic adventures.
Luis Escalante
Able City | MSURP 2023
Ashley Leal
COSA | MSURP 2023
Allison Pineda
TBD | MSURP 2024
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