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LIRA
The State of the Nation’s Housing 2025
Accessory Dwelling Units
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Thomas Shay Hill

Thomas was a PhD Candidate in Urban Planning at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. His doctoral research examined the history of data, statistical analysis, and computing in the real estate development and real estate finance industries from the early 20th century to the present. Thomas received a Master’s of Science in Computational Science and Engineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

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