Facilities and Real Estate

Seven ways to be green at home

Eco-Reps across Penn offer sustainability tips to save money, help the environment, and consume less during the holidays.

Michele W. Berger

A farm for the community

The Food and Wellness Collaborative, which emerged from the ‘Your Big Idea’ competition, has turned an expanse of turf into a productive growing space.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Nature as a refuge in unsettling times

Even before the pandemic, campus initiatives like NatureRx@Penn and the 30x30 Challenge encouraged time outside. These efforts are continuing, now that restorative outlets are more important than ever.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Fresh Grocer on campus has closed its doors

Fresh Grocer at 40th and Walnut streets has closed its doors. Penn Transit is offering new services to accommodate the grocery needs of students, faculty, and staff.

Dee Patel



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CNBC

Gen Z, millennials want to invest—but many aren’t, CNBC/Generation Lab survey finds. Here are the issues

Susan M. Wachter of the Wharton School says that the number of young adults still living with their parents is at historic levels due to unaffordable housing costs.

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Newsweek

Californians face ‘devastating’ insurance hikes

Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School says that without a functioning insurance market there’s no functioning mortgage market or housing market.

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Newsweek

Florida insurance crisis spells mortgage disaster

Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School says that it’s basically impossible to take out a mortgage without having an insurance policy.

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The Washington Post

Where in America are we actually building new housing?

An analysis by Joseph Gyourko of the Wharton School evaluated how much zoning and related restrictions added to the cost of a typical quarter-acre lot from 2013 to 2018, by metro region.

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The New York Times

A 30-year trap: The problem with America’s weird mortgages

According to research co-authored by Susan M. Wachter of the Wharton School, nearly 10% of U.S. homes were in foreclosure at one point during the early 1930s.

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Barron’s

Home prices could come down. What it would take

Susan Wachter of the Wharton School says that affordable homeownership has long been considered an achievable cornerstone of the American dream, but now that role is increasingly in question.

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