Sharon Cornelissen
@sjccorn.bsky.social
Loves all things housing. PhD and Director of Housing at DC-based Consumer Federation of America. Writing a book on depopulation and failed gentrification in Detroit.
setting up your holiday #readinglist? Don’t forget “The Last House on the Block” — an #ethnography of urban decline and gentrification in Brightmoor, #Detroit!
November 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
setting up your holiday #readinglist? Don’t forget “The Last House on the Block” — an #ethnography of urban decline and gentrification in Brightmoor, #Detroit!
I’m not at @asanews this year, but guess who and what is? The wonderful Taylor and Guillermina posing with my book #LastHouse! If you are at #ASA2025 stop by at the Chicago press table to have a preview of this #Detroit ethnography on failed #gentrification!
August 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I’m not at @asanews this year, but guess who and what is? The wonderful Taylor and Guillermina posing with my book #LastHouse! If you are at #ASA2025 stop by at the Chicago press table to have a preview of this #Detroit ethnography on failed #gentrification!
odd #housingadvocacy accomplishment of the month: got personally blocked by Bill Pulte, our nation’s top #housing regulator at FHFA (appointed by 🌮 and who communicates all policy through X…)
June 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
odd #housingadvocacy accomplishment of the month: got personally blocked by Bill Pulte, our nation’s top #housing regulator at FHFA (appointed by 🌮 and who communicates all policy through X…)
it’s getting real: I’m reading the book proofs of the Last House on the Block! This #ethnography is about failed #gentrification and struggles to maintain a home and community after #urbandecline. Available for pre-order: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
April 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
it’s getting real: I’m reading the book proofs of the Last House on the Block! This #ethnography is about failed #gentrification and struggles to maintain a home and community after #urbandecline. Available for pre-order: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
my #book has a cover! The Last House on the Block will come out in Nov 2025, read more here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
April 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
my #book has a cover! The Last House on the Block will come out in Nov 2025, read more here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
my new book does not officially have a cover yet, but is now more real and listed online! 💙🎉🥳 The Last House on the Block will come out in November 2025!
March 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
my new book does not officially have a cover yet, but is now more real and listed online! 💙🎉🥳 The Last House on the Block will come out in November 2025!
This weekend found a great distraction from everything by visiting the zoo in DC! 6 hours of just animal excitement, no politics. Hope you can find your zoo today too 💙
February 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This weekend found a great distraction from everything by visiting the zoo in DC! 6 hours of just animal excitement, no politics. Hope you can find your zoo today too 💙
Headed to #Memphis to speak at its 2025 Housing Summit on source of financing discrimination and other challenges faced by #VA and #FHA #homebuyers in Tennessee and beyond ❄️
February 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Headed to #Memphis to speak at its 2025 Housing Summit on source of financing discrimination and other challenges faced by #VA and #FHA #homebuyers in Tennessee and beyond ❄️
Just wrapped up a great panel at @consumerfed.bsky.social — we discussed why FHA and VA buyers often struggle to compete in tight #housing markets, myths about these products, and solutions. Great conversation bringing together industry, advocacy, academics, and gov!
December 11, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Just wrapped up a great panel at @consumerfed.bsky.social — we discussed why FHA and VA buyers often struggle to compete in tight #housing markets, myths about these products, and solutions. Great conversation bringing together industry, advocacy, academics, and gov!
this surprised no-one, least of all my husband (who had to live through it all)
December 11, 2024 at 1:44 PM
this surprised no-one, least of all my husband (who had to live through it all)
at the #APPAM2024 policy research conference in DC — came for the policy papers, staying for all the seasonally early Christmas decorations 😂
November 21, 2024 at 6:40 PM
at the #APPAM2024 policy research conference in DC — came for the policy papers, staying for all the seasonally early Christmas decorations 😂
Saturday morning vibes by the @nytimes on mental “to-do” lists
November 16, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Saturday morning vibes by the @nytimes on mental “to-do” lists
Finally reading this after much denial, wish me luck… #housingpolicy
November 13, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Finally reading this after much denial, wish me luck… #housingpolicy