I was a guest on a recent edition of the OSU Arts and Sciences Voices of Excellence podcast, hosted by Prof. David Staley. In this podcast, we talk about CURA’s Ghost Neighborhoods of Columbus project which uses AI, machine learning, and GIS to extract data from historic Sanborn fire insurance maps and construct 3D virtual models of neighborhoods that have been altered or destroyed by urban renewal, highway construction, and redlining.
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Eviction Data Response Network event at New America Foundation
The Center for Urban and Regional Analysis (CURA) and JusticeTech program spent two days at the New America foundation in DC, exploring how to make eviction data more available and useful for fighting housing instability in the US. It was a productive and inspiring knowledge exchange, involving local organizations and data partnerships from Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, Indiana and Virginia – all trying to reduce evictions and their consequences in their local communities.
CURA and JusticeTech have teamed up to make eviction and related data available and actionable for local organizations addressing the housing affordability crisis in Central Ohio. Read more about it here.
Innovative Pathways to a Comprehensive Eviction Dataset
The Center for Urban and Regional Analysis (CURA) and the JusticeTech program at The Ohio State University are joining forces to improve court eviction data access and analysis in Columbus, Ohio as part of the New America Foundation‘s Eviction Data Response Network (EDRN). This partnership brings together the essential mix of skills necessary for the complex challenge of analyzing and reducing evictions, from legal and housing expertise to computer science, data management, and spatial analysis skills.