Facilities and Real Estate

New College House West milestone marked

As part of a long-standing tradition in construction, members of the construction, project, and architectural teams were given the opportunity to sign the last beam before it was hoisted via crane to the top of Penn's newest residence hall.

Amanda Mott

Side Gigs for Good, part three

The final 2019 installment in our series highlighting impactful work Penn faculty and staff do.

Katherine Unger Baillie, Michele W. Berger

A second life for leaves

Taking a scientific approach to managing campus land, Facilities and Real Estate Services is partnering with soil scientists and ecologists to study how mulching plots with leaves fares for soil health and biodiversity.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Campus orchard grows, with help from the community

Now five years old, the Penn Park Orchard is expanding, literally and figuratively. With shovels and sweat equity, members of the University contributed to those efforts at a workday.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Skating on fresh ice

The University and Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation celebrated the reopening of the newly refurbished Penn Ice Rink on Oct. 25.

Amanda Mott

A road map for climate action and sustainability

Ten years after releasing its original Climate Action Plan, the University of Pennsylvania has launched the Climate & Sustainability Action Plan 3.0, outlining Penn’s goals for improved environmental performance from 2019 to 2024.

Amanda Mott



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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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