FACULTY DIRECTORY
Hilary Botein
Assistant Professor
Mailing Address:
Baruch College/CUNY
School of Public Affairs
One Bernard Baruch Way, Box D-0901
New York, NY 10010
Office Location: 135 East 22nd Street, Room 810a
Phone: 646 660-6866
Fax: 646 660-6770
Email: Hilary.Botein@baruch.cuny.edu
Biography
Hilary Botein's research focuses on the development of low income housing and community development policies and programs in the U.S. She has a particular interest in the relationship between labor unions and housing policies, which was the subject of her dissertation, as well as how housing policies address the needs of vulnerable populations. Prior to her academic career, she worked for eighteen years as an attorney and policy analyst on affordable housing and economic justice issues, primarily in New York City. She received her Ph.D. from the Division of Urban Planning at Columbia University, her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law, and her B.A. from Swarthmore College.