I am a research assistant at the Center for Community Capital and doctoral student in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. My research concerns public policy related to housing and mortgage markets, with special expertise in the use of data from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and geographic information systems. I created and mantain a website of housing data related to North Carolina. I am on Twitter @kparkplace and post thoughts longer than 140 characters on Tumblr.
Summa Cum Laude
"The Fourteenth Colony: An Economic History of Nova Scotia During the American Revolution and its Aftermath" Swem Libary (LD6051.W5m Econ., 2006, P37), High Honors
Valedictorian
Class Picasso
Varsity Lacrosse
ESRI: Learning ArcGIS Spatial AnalystAugust 2011
ESRI: Geoprocessing with ArcGIS DesktopJanuary 2011
ESRI: Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning Using ArcGIS 9January 2011
SAS Programming I: EssentialsJanuary 2008
Web DeveloperAugust 2011 to current
The State of North Carolina's Cities, Center for Urban and Regional Studies
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillFaculty LiaisonAugust 2011 to May 2012
Doctorate Program, Department of City & Regional Planning
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillPolicy Committee MemberAugust 2010 to May 2012
Doctorate Program, Department of City & Regional Planning
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillIndependent ConsultantAugust 2010 to September 2010
Massachusetts Housing Partnership
Roberto G. Quercia and Kevin A. Park. "FHA and enduring the housing crisis." Charlotte Observer. November 18, 2012.
Roberto G. Quercia and Kevin A. Park. "Housing Counseling." In A. Carswell (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Housing. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2012.
Janneke Ratcliffe and Kevin A. Park. Comments RE: The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s proposed housing goals for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for 2012-2014 Center for Community Capital, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. July 26, 2012.
Janneke Ratcliffe and Kevin A. Park. Comments RE: Credit Risk Retention; Proposed Rule Center for Community Capital, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. July 28, 2011.
Janneke Ratcliffe and Kevin A. Park. Written Comments, Supplement to Oral Testimony Provided by Janneke Ratcliffe at the Hearing on Community Reinvestment Act Regulations. Center for Community Capital, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. August 6, 2010
Kevin A. Park. "Fannie, Freddie and the Foreclosure Crisis." Understanding Capital. Center for Community Capital, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2010).
"Redefault Rates Improve for Recent Loan Modifications: Memorandum on Loan Modification Performance." State Foreclosure Prevention Working Group (2010).
Kevin A. Park. "CRA Did Not Cause the Foreclosure Crisis." Understanding Capital. Center for Community Capital, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2010).
"Analysis of Mortgage Servicing Performance: Data Report No.4" State Foreclosure Prevention Working Group (2010).
Kevin A. Park. "President Obama's Housing Plan and Implications for Remodeling Spending." Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University. Research Note (2009).
Kevin A. Park. "Subprime Lending and the Community Reinvestment Act." Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University. Research Note N08-2 (2008).
Roberto G. Quercia and Kevin A. Park. "Sustaining and Expanding the Market: The Public Purpose of the Federal Housing Administration." Center for Community Capital, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (2012).
Kevin A. Park. "Determinants of Mortgage Default." Massachusetts Housing Partnership. (2010).
Kevin A. Park. "Green Shoots in the Remodeling Industry: Contractor Characteristics that Affect Green Product Use." Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University. Working Paper W09-1 (2009).
Kevin A. Park. "Good Home Improvers Make Good Neighbors." Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University. Working Paper W08-2 (2008).
Kevin A. Park. "The Historic Preservation Tax Credit and Beyond." Rhode Island Economic Policy Council. Discussion Paper. (2007).
Kevin A. Park. "Losing Our Old Buildings." Rhode Island Economic Policy Council. Discussion Paper. (2006).
North Carolina Housing and Mortgage Lending. Center for Community Capital, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The State of North Carolina's Cities. Center for Urban and Regional Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Kevin A. Park. "Secondary Mortgage Market Policy: Fannie Mae to QRM." PLAN 761 - Housing and Public Policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (September 19, 2012).
Melissa Jacoby, Kevin A. Park, Ling Wang and Mark Lindblad. "Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, and the Protection of Assets in North Carolina and Beyond." Pathways to Prosperity Conference on Asset-Building and Financial Education, North Carolina IDA Collaborative (October 18,2011).
Kevin A. Park. "The Effect of Anti-Predatory Lending Laws on Demand for Mortgage Credit: Preliminary Results from a Geographic-Based Research Design." North Carolina ArcGIS Users Group Conference (September 16, 2011).
Roberto Quercia and Kevin A. Park. "The Many Roads to Foreclosure, NC." University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Working Group on Economic Development (March 16, 2011).
Kevin A. Park. "The Housing Bubble." Business Organizations, Norman A. Wiggins School of Law, Campbell University (February 25, 2011).
William Apgar and Kevin A. Park. "Understanding the Boom and Bust of the Subprime Mortgage Market." Advisory Committee Meeting, Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University (September 22, 2008).
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