Metropolitan Policy Center’s Urban Speaker Series featuring 

Dr. Deirdre Oakley

Public Housing and Resident Mobility in Atlanta, GA

Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 5:30PM - 6:30PM (ET)

American University, Watkins Building, Room 106

Georgia State Professor of Sociology Dr. Deirdre Oakley will join MPC  to discuss public housing and residential mobility in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Oakley's research focuses on urban social inequalities, particularly about race, housing, the built environment, and the spatial arrangements of urban policies. Her collaborative work concerning the federally approved demolition of Atlanta's public housing led to her invited testimony before Congress on housing preservation and the Neighborhood Choice Initiative.