Arizona Research Center for Housing Equity and Sustainability (ARCHES)
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded one of its first Hispanic Serving Institution Center of Excellence awards to create the Arizona Research Center for Housing Equity and Sustainability (ARCHES).
ARCHES is co-located across the ASU Morrison Institute for Public Policy and the UA Drachman Institute, represented by co-directors Alison Cook-Davis and Kenny H. Wong, with principal investigators Deirdre Pfeiffer and Daniel Kuhlmann.
Its robust collaboration among Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) includes over 20 researchers from Arizona State University (ASU), University of Arizona (UA), Northern Arizona University (NAU), and University of New Mexico (UNM) with housing expertise across planning, policy, architecture, geographical sciences, political science, economics, and real estate.
Mission & Vision
The mission of the center is to become the hub for research addressing housing security, climate, and health for Arizona and the Southwest. The center aims to create connections between research and practice and values place-based research that is community-engaged, equitable, evidenced-based, and solution-focused.
Research Pillars: Housing Security, Health, and Climate
ARCHES will advance knowledge and evidence-based solutions related to problems of housing security, health, and climate in the arid Southwest through 18 research projects focused on:
Our research on Equitable Housing Growth and Production to Support Hispanic and Underserved Households will uncover the drivers and outcomes of racial and ethnic inequities in housing security and solutions to reduce them in the Southwest.
ARCHES Leadership
Learn more about ARCHES and its leadership co-located across the ASU Morrison Institute for Public Policy and the UA Drachman Institute.
ARCHES Research Affiliates
ARCHES is bolstered by a diverse collective of researchers representing different Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs).