Professional Summary
Professional Background: Stephanie Sweeney is a Community Development Consultant, pursuing her PhD in Regional Planning at the University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Art, Architecture and Planning (DAAP).
Certifications: Stephanie Sweeney & Associates has been designated as a WBE, woman-owned business in the state of Kentucky. I am also a certified Community Development Block Grant program administrator in the State of Kentucky. I am a non-traditional student, having completed my Masters in Community Planning at the University of Cincinnati in 2003 at the age of 42, and am back to complete my Academic Journey.
Research and Practice Interests
Research Interest: Housing Policy, and Implementation of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit
Dissertation Topic: Affordable Housing and Sustainable Living: A Case Study of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Developments.
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
Varady, David P., Raffel, Jeffrey A., Sweeney, Stephanie and Denson, Latina (2005. ) Attracting Middle-Income Families in the Hope VI Public Housing Revitalization Program .Journal of Urban Affairs, , 27 (2 ) ,149 -164
Other Publications
Sweeney, Stephanie (2021. ) Review of Gray to green communities: A call to action on the housing and climate crises, by Dana L. Bourland. Journal of Urban Affairs, 44 (1 ) ,102
Sweeney, Stephanie (2021. ) Review of Blueprint for Greening Affordable Housing, revised edition, by Walker Wells and Kimberly Vermeer. Journal of Urban Affairs, 43 (5 ) ,769
Sweeney, Stephanie (2020. ) Review of A research agenda for housing, edited by Markus Moos .Journal of Urban Affairs, 43 (3 ) ,494
Stephanie Sweeney (2019. ) Review of The Divided City: Poverty and Prosperity in Urban America by Alan Mallach .Journal of Urban Affairs, 41 (7 ) ,1036
Sweeney, Stephanie (2017. ) Review of Down and out in Los Angeles and Berlin: The socio-spatial exclusion of homeless people by Jürgen von Mahs .Journal of Urban Affairs, 40 (4 ) ,606
Sweeney, Stephanie (2017. ) Review of Homelessness in New York City policymaking from Koch to De Blasio by Thomas J. Main .Journal of Urban Affairs, 40 (3 ) ,441
Sweeney, Stephanie (2016. ) Review of Schools and Urban Revitalization: Rethinking Institutions and Community Development edited by Kelly L. Patterson and Robert Mark Silverman .Journal of Urban Affairs, 38 (3 ) ,468
Sweeney, Stephanie (2016. ) Review of The Poor Among Us: A History of Family Poverty and Homelessness in New York by Ralph da Costa Nunez and Ethan G. Sribnick .Journal of Urban Affairs, 37 (2 ) ,225
Sweeney, Stephanie (2016. ) Review of How to House the Homeless, edited by Ingrid Gould Ellen and Brendan O’Flaherty .Journal of Urban Affairs, 33 (3 ) ,370
Sweeney, Stephanie (2016. ) Review of Housing Policy in the United States: An Introduction by Alex F. Schwartz .Journal of Urban Affairs, 29 (4 ) ,428
Contact Information
Practice - Stephanie Sweeney & Associates, LLC
Phone: 5132446449
stephsweeney53@gmail.com