Although scholars have long argued that housing policy is education policy (and vice versa), efforts that bridge education and housing are rare. Dr. Finnigan will discuss her current study of one of the few cross-sector approaches: the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI) funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Using multiple methods, including social network analysis, the longitudinal study explores how CNI is being implemented in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit at multiple levels: the governance structure (or network of agencies and organizations); the CNI core components (e.g., housing, people, neighborhood); and the family level (families who originally lived in the housing complex targeted for redevelopment and others in the surrounding area). She'll share details about the early results from this study, including the complex relationships and network dynamics they have uncovered, as well as the ways that the research team works closely with community partners in Detroit.