About Jake Wegmann
Jake Wegmann has taught and conducted research at UT Austin’s School of Architecture, in the Community and Regional Planning program, since 2014. His research primarily focuses on housing affordability and its intersections with land use regulation and real estate development.Selected Publications
Wegmann, Jake, Aabiya Noman Baqai, and Josh Conrad. 2023. “Here Come the Tall Skinny Houses: Assessing Single-Family to Townhouse Redevelopment in Houston, 2007-2020.” Cityscape 25(2).Pendall, Rolf, Lydia Lo, and Jake Wegmann. 2021. “Shifts Toward the Extremes: Zoning Change in Major U.S. Metropolitan Areas from 2003 to 2019.” Journal of the American Planning Association (JAPA). https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2021.1894970, Wegmann, Jake. 2020. “Death to Single-Family Zoning … and New Life to the Missing Middle.” (critical commentary essay). Journal of the American Planning Association 86(1), 113-119., Roberts, Mark, Jake Wegmann, Bryan Reid, Fritz Louw, Will Robson, Benedict von Ahlefeldt-Dehn, Juergen Deppner et al. 2023. \ESG Investing: Moderate-Income Rental Housing as a Viable Real Estate Asset Class.\ The Journal of Portfolio Management 49, no. 10: 103-118.
Recent Courses Taught
Financing Real Estate Development and Investment: For-Profit and Nonprofit, Quantitative Methods, Urban Politics, Why Is the Rent So Damn High?
Jake Wegmann
Associate Professor