Jake Wegmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 3780209 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jake Wegmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jake |
| FAMILY NAME | Wegmann |
| SIGNATURE | WEGMANN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5553-2395 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 100 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
“Temporal Cohort Effects and Satisfaction for Independent Residential Rental Property Owners”—Authors Information and Contributions
Traditional accounts of multifamily rental property ownership have often emphasized locational factors for Residential Rental Property Owners (RRPOs). However, there are reasons to believe that the timing of when RRPOs, particularly those who are independent rather than those working on behalf of financial institutions, enter the business also has important implications for their career trajectories. This study tests three hypothesized implicatio…
Legislating Gentle Density From Above? Learning From the Divergent Outcomes of Three Small-Lot Densification Modes in California
Problem, research strategy, and findings As single-family zoning repeal spreads, the central questions are shifting from whether to do it to whether it is effective and under what circumstances. In this study we compared three recent efforts toward small-lot densification in California: statewide deregulation of accessory dwelling units (ADUs), legislation facilitating lot splitting, and San Diego’s Bonus ADU program. Using a dozen key informant …
Missing” No More
Although land use planning in the United States has long privileged single-family homes, the dominance of single-family zoning is weakening. At least eight states have passed laws opening single-family neighborhoods to accessory dwelling units and, in some cases, to middle housing, such as townhouses, duplexes, triplexes, and quadplexes. Opponents of laws liberalizing single-family zoning often seek to prohibit for-profit developers from densifyi…
Remaking the American Dream
A striking trait of how U.S. cities evolve today is that the most dramatic physical transformations take place on a small share of the land, with large buildings and even whole new neighborhoods sp
Shifts Toward the Extremes
Problem, research strategy, and findingsPundits and economists have recently inferred that zoning explains housing price inflation in fast-growth metro areas. In this article, we use the results of a longitudinal survey of local governments in the 50 largest U.S. metropolitan areas in 2003 and 2019 to show the limitations of this narrative. Many local governments do use zoning that limits apartment construction; in some metros, more places embrac…
Vulnerability and opportunity
The growth of single-family rentals (SFRs) in the wake of the US foreclosure crisis has recently begun attracting overdue scholarly attention. The transformation of millions of single-family homes from owner- to renter- occupied over the past decade raises numerous important questions about the vulnerabilities and opportunities created by this historic tenure shift for both households and neighbourhoods. This research reports on the demographics …
Rental Housing Spot Markets
Traditional U.S. rental housing data sources such as the American Community Survey and the American Housing Survey report on the transacted market-what existing renters pay each month. They do not explicitly tell us about the spot market-that is, the asking rents that current homeseekers must pay to acquire housing-though they are routinely used as a proxy. This study compares governmental data to millions of contemporaneous rental listings and f…
Is there room for children in booming western cities? Empirical evidence from Austin, Denver, and Portland
Exploring the Relationship Between Housing Downturns and Partisan Elections
An understudied outcome of foreclosure crises is how their aftershocks affect partisan elections. Two hypotheses are that partisan shifts may occur in neighborhoods with concentrated foreclosures because of (1) declines in turnout among liberal leaning voters or (2) swells of anti-incumbency among all voters. This research explores these hypotheses in Maricopa County, Arizona, by using econometric modeling to uncover associations among neighborho…
Residences without residents
Ghost dwellings are defined as housing units that are vacant but not abandoned nor available for rent or sale; their owners only occasionally reside in them. In big cities, they are thought to contribute to various ills such as housing unaffordability and a deadening of urban life and culture. This study provides the first systematic assessment of the spatial extent of ghost dwellings in the 50 largest cities in the United States. It quantifies t…
Taming Airbnb
Informal Housing in the United States
Research on informal housing tends to focus overwhelmingly on less developed countries, downplaying or ignoring entirely the presence of informality in United States housing markets. In actuality, a longstanding and widespread tradition of informal housing exists in the United States but is typically disregarded by scholars. In this article we draw on three definitions of informality-as non-compliant, non-enforced, or deregulated economic activit…
Restructuring, Race, and Real Estate
The wake of the foreclosure crisis warrants renewed attention to geographies of race and real estate. This case study of the San Francisco Bay Area shows that outlying exurban communities on the metropolitan fringe, which saw major in-migrations of communities of color over the past three decades, were hard hit by the real estate crash, after having seen substantial housing price increases during the tail end of the boom. The potential impact on …
Informal Housing in the United States
Research on informal housing tends to focus overwhelmingly on less developed countries, downplaying or ignoring entirely the presence of informality in United States housing markets. In actuality, a longstanding and widespread tradition of informal housing exists in the United States but is typically disregarded by scholars. In this article we draw on three definitions of informality-as non-compliant, non-enforced, or deregulated economic activit…
Taming Airbnb
Restructuring, Race, and Real Estate
The wake of the foreclosure crisis warrants renewed attention to geographies of race and real estate. This case study of the San Francisco Bay Area shows that outlying exurban communities on the metropolitan fringe, which saw major in-migrations of communities of color over the past three decades, were hard hit by the real estate crash, after having seen substantial housing price increases during the tail end of the boom. The potential impact on …
Residences without residents
Ghost dwellings are defined as housing units that are vacant but not abandoned nor available for rent or sale; their owners only occasionally reside in them. In big cities, they are thought to contribute to various ills such as housing unaffordability and a deadening of urban life and culture. This study provides the first systematic assessment of the spatial extent of ghost dwellings in the 50 largest cities in the United States. It quantifies t…
Vulnerability and opportunity
The growth of single-family rentals (SFRs) in the wake of the US foreclosure crisis has recently begun attracting overdue scholarly attention. The transformation of millions of single-family homes from owner- to renter- occupied over the past decade raises numerous important questions about the vulnerabilities and opportunities created by this historic tenure shift for both households and neighbourhoods. This research reports on the demographics …
Rental Housing Spot Markets
Traditional U.S. rental housing data sources such as the American Community Survey and the American Housing Survey report on the transacted market-what existing renters pay each month. They do not explicitly tell us about the spot market-that is, the asking rents that current homeseekers must pay to acquire housing-though they are routinely used as a proxy. This study compares governmental data to millions of contemporaneous rental listings and f…
Is there room for children in booming western cities? Empirical evidence from Austin, Denver, and Portland
Restructuring, Race, and Real Estate
The wake of the foreclosure crisis warrants renewed attention to geographies of race and real estate. This case study of the San Francisco Bay Area shows that outlying exurban communities on the metropolitan fringe, which saw major in-migrations of communities of color over the past three decades, were hard hit by the real estate crash, after having seen substantial housing price increases during the tail end of the boom. The potential impact on …
Taming Airbnb
Informal Housing in the United States
Research on informal housing tends to focus overwhelmingly on less developed countries, downplaying or ignoring entirely the presence of informality in United States housing markets. In actuality, a longstanding and widespread tradition of informal housing exists in the United States but is typically disregarded by scholars. In this article we draw on three definitions of informality-as non-compliant, non-enforced, or deregulated economic activit…
Exploring the Relationship Between Housing Downturns and Partisan Elections
An understudied outcome of foreclosure crises is how their aftershocks affect partisan elections. Two hypotheses are that partisan shifts may occur in neighborhoods with concentrated foreclosures because of (1) declines in turnout among liberal leaning voters or (2) swells of anti-incumbency among all voters. This research explores these hypotheses in Maricopa County, Arizona, by using econometric modeling to uncover associations among neighborho…
Residences without residents
Ghost dwellings are defined as housing units that are vacant but not abandoned nor available for rent or sale; their owners only occasionally reside in them. In big cities, they are thought to contribute to various ills such as housing unaffordability and a deadening of urban life and culture. This study provides the first systematic assessment of the spatial extent of ghost dwellings in the 50 largest cities in the United States. It quantifies t…
Rental Housing Spot Markets
Traditional U.S. rental housing data sources such as the American Community Survey and the American Housing Survey report on the transacted market-what existing renters pay each month. They do not explicitly tell us about the spot market-that is, the asking rents that current homeseekers must pay to acquire housing-though they are routinely used as a proxy. This study compares governmental data to millions of contemporaneous rental listings and f…
Is there room for children in booming western cities? Empirical evidence from Austin, Denver, and Portland
Vulnerability and opportunity
The growth of single-family rentals (SFRs) in the wake of the US foreclosure crisis has recently begun attracting overdue scholarly attention. The transformation of millions of single-family homes from owner- to renter- occupied over the past decade raises numerous important questions about the vulnerabilities and opportunities created by this historic tenure shift for both households and neighbourhoods. This research reports on the demographics …
Shifts Toward the Extremes
Problem, research strategy, and findingsPundits and economists have recently inferred that zoning explains housing price inflation in fast-growth metro areas. In this article, we use the results of a longitudinal survey of local governments in the 50 largest U.S. metropolitan areas in 2003 and 2019 to show the limitations of this narrative. Many local governments do use zoning that limits apartment construction; in some metros, more places embrac…
Remaking the American Dream
A striking trait of how U.S. cities evolve today is that the most dramatic physical transformations take place on a small share of the land, with large buildings and even whole new neighborhoods sp
Missing” No More
Although land use planning in the United States has long privileged single-family homes, the dominance of single-family zoning is weakening. At least eight states have passed laws opening single-family neighborhoods to accessory dwelling units and, in some cases, to middle housing, such as townhouses, duplexes, triplexes, and quadplexes. Opponents of laws liberalizing single-family zoning often seek to prohibit for-profit developers from densifyi…
“Temporal Cohort Effects and Satisfaction for Independent Residential Rental Property Owners”—Authors Information and Contributions
Traditional accounts of multifamily rental property ownership have often emphasized locational factors for Residential Rental Property Owners (RRPOs). However, there are reasons to believe that the timing of when RRPOs, particularly those who are independent rather than those working on behalf of financial institutions, enter the business also has important implications for their career trajectories. This study tests three hypothesized implicatio…
Legislating Gentle Density From Above? Learning From the Divergent Outcomes of Three Small-Lot Densification Modes in California
Problem, research strategy, and findings As single-family zoning repeal spreads, the central questions are shifting from whether to do it to whether it is effective and under what circumstances. In this study we compared three recent efforts toward small-lot densification in California: statewide deregulation of accessory dwelling units (ADUs), legislation facilitating lot splitting, and San Diego’s Bonus ADU program. Using a dozen key informant …
Housing Market and Economics (10 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Economic geography (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Law (4 works)