Affordable Housing Institute: Affiliates
Kirk McClure
Associate Professor
Graduate Program in Urban Planning
University of Kansas
Profile
Kirk McClure is associate professor with the Graduate Program in Urban Planning at the University of Kansas. His teaching and research address issues of housing, community development and local economic development. McClure generates research for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Fannie Mae Foundation and the Kauffman Foundation. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, a master's degree from M.I.T., as well as degrees from the University of Kansas.
Current Interests
- Affordable housing policy
- Assessing the type of policy interventions appropriate to a market's economic conditions
- Deconcentration of poverty through rental assistance and homebuyer assistance programs