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LIRA
The State of the Nation’s Housing 2025
Accessory Dwelling Units
Stephanie Kestelman

Stephanie Kestelman

2024 Meyer Fellow

Stephanie Kestelman was a 2024 Meyer Fellow at the Center and is currently Director of Housing at Arnold Ventures. Her work combines economic theory and methods in applied econometrics to study housing policy. She earned a PhD in Economics from Harvard in 2025 and a BA from Swarthmore College in 2016.

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