Dr. Elora Raymond

Biography

Seumalu Elora Lee Raymond is an Associate Professor in the School of City and Regional Planning at the College of Design at Georgia Tech. She specializes in housing and community development, focusing on the financialization of housing, property, and land, as well as issues surrounding displacement, dispossession, and housing justice. Her research explores widening housing wealth inequality and the impact of real estate financial crises in the 2000s on rental housing and eviction-led displacement. Dr. Raymond has studied the effects of foreclosure and affordability crises on Pacific Islander communities in Los Angeles and the financialization of customary land in Samoa. She is actively involved in ongoing projects related to housing and displacement disasters, and she has testified before the House Committee on Ways and Means and the House Committee on Financial Services. Throughout her career, Dr. Raymond has published articles in various academic journals and has received awards for her research, including the Paper Award from Housing Policy Debate and recognition from the Journal of Urban Affairs.

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