Faculty

Kirk McClure
Professor

Teaching and Research Interests

• Housing Affordability, Community Development, Real Estate Development

• Urban Planning

• Housing:  Affordable housing programs and finance
• Real estate development:  Market anaysis, project feasiblity

• UBPL 710, Introduction to Housing Policy
• UBPL 714, Local Economic Development Planning
• UBPL 742, Quantitative Methods II
• UBPL 764, Real Estate Development Planning

• Urban Affairs Association Award for Best Paper Presented, 2004.  Annual Conference of the Urban Affairs Association.
• Fannie Mae Foundation Award for Best Research in Housing, 2002,  Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning.
• Fannie Mae Foundation Award for Best Research in Housing, 1997, Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning.
• Jack and Nancy Bradley Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1997, School of Architecture and Urban Design, University of Kansas, 1997

“Deconcentrating Poverty With Housing Programs,” Journal of the American Planning Association 74(1):90-99. Journal of the American Planning Association 74(1)

“The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program Goes Mainstream and Moves to the Suburbs,” Housing Policy Debate 17(3): 419-446. Housing Policy Debate 17(3)

"Comment on Victoria Basolo and Mai Thi Nuyen's 'Does Mobiliy Matter? The Neighborhood Conditions of Housing Voucher Holders by Race and Ethnicity'," Housing Policy Debate 16(3/4): 347-359, 2005. Housing Policy Debate 16(3/4)

"Rent Burden in the Housing Choice Voucher Program," Cityscape 8(2): 5-20, 2005.  Cityscape 8(2)

"Deconcentrating Poverty Through Homebuyer Finance Programs," Journal of Urban Affairs 27( 3): 211-233, 2005.

"Deciphering the Need in Housing Markets: A Technique to Identity Appropriate Housing Policies at the Local Level," in Journal of Planning Education and Research 24(4): 361-378, 2005. 

"Section 8 and Movement to Job Opportunity: Experience after Welfare Reform in Kansas City," in Housing Policy Debate 15(1): 99-131, 2004. Link to article:  Housing Policy Debate 15(1)

“Monitoring Retail, Office and Industrial Markets,” in Land Market Monitoring for Smart Urban Growth, Gerrit Knaap, editor, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Lincoln Land Institute, pp. 265-286, 2002.

“The Twin Mandates Given to the GSEs: Which Works Best, Helping Low-Income Homebuyers or Helping Underserved Areas?” Cityscape 5(3): 107-143, 2001.  Link to article:  Cityscape 5(3)

"The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit as an Aid to Housing Finance:  How Well Has it Worked?"  Housing Policy Debate 11(1): 91-114, 2000.  Link to article:  Housing Policy Debate 11(1)

"Housing Vouchers versus Housing Production:  Assessing Long-Term Costs,” Housing Policy Debate 9(2): 355-371, 1998.  Link to article:  Housing Policy Debate 9(2)