JULIE A. HOWE

Housing and Mental Health Researcher

Investigating relationships between housing tenure models, stress, social connection, and mental health.

Expertise and Roles

My work focuses on the intersection of housing systems, stress, social connection, and mental health. Through quantitative analysis, I explore how our housing tenure models shape psychological well-being through varying permeability to stress.

Researcher

I conduct quantitative research using large data sets to examine how housing systems and tenure models influence stress, social connection, and mental health.

Instructor

At the University of Washington's College of Built Environments, I teach graduate and undergraduate level courses on housing markets, policy, and real estate development.

Real Estate Development Practitioner

I have spent over two decades developing affordable housing, managing real estate investment portfolios, and leading innovative housing demonstration projects.

Research Insights (Coming Soon)

I will be sharing brief, accessible summaries of my work on housing tenure, stress, social connection, and mental health here soon.

Connect with Me

Email

julhowe@uw.edu

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Housing is not merely shelter. It is a lived institutional system that shapes exposure to stressors and access to protective resources across biological, psychological, and social domains.

The cooperative housing model appears to generate both protection from housing-related stressors and a form of socially based resilience that activates in a crisis.

In a world of recurring crises, both collective and individual, housing policy that invests in these institutional conditions is also investing in population mental health.