Noah Kazis is an assistant professor of law at Michigan Law. His research focuses on land use, housing, and local government law. He studies legal and policy mechanisms to make cities and suburbs more affordable, equitable, and integrated, as well as the internal institutional structures of local governments.

Kazis’s work has been published in journals including the Harvard Law Review, Yale Law Journal, and Michigan Law Review. 

Before joining the Michigan Law faculty, he was a legal fellow at New York University’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy. He also was an attorney for the City of New York, where he represented the city in matters including the development of legislation limiting greenhouse gas emissions from buildings, the defense and implementation of the sanctuary city policies, and two rounds of charter revision.

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Education
  • Yale University, BA
  • Yale University, JD

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    "Flexibility and Conversions in New York City’s Housing Stock: Building for an Era of Rapid Change"

    Economic Policy Review
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    "The Failed Federalism of Affordable Housing: Why States Don’t Use Housing Vouchers"

    Michigan Law Review
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    "Can Affordable Housing Be a Safety Net?: Lessons from a Pandemic"

    Yale Law Journal Forum
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    • Law and Social Sciences

    "302.6: How New York’s Next Mayor Can Shape Land Use and Planning"

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    • Administrative Law
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    News and Events

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    5Qs: Kazis Explores Issues behind US Housing Crisis

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    Noah Kazis Brings His Legal Background in Local Government and Private Research to Michigan Law

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