Solomon Greene

Solomon Greene is a senior fellow at the Urban Institute, where he leads research on fair and affordable housing, land use, technology and inclusive growth and recovery in cities. Before joining Urban, Greene was a senior adviser at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, where he helped develop policies to reduce segregation and expand neighborhood choice. He was also HUD’s principal adviser on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Solomon Greene was a senior fellow in the Research to Action Lab and the Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center. His research focuses on fair and affordable housing, how land-use laws and housing policy can improve access to opportunity, and how data and technology can support inclusive urban development. Previously, Greene was a senior program officer at the Open Society Foundations, where he managed grants and programs on affordable housing, community development, and fair access to credit. Greene was an adjunct professor at NYU Wagner, a law fellow at NYU Furman, a litigation associate at Munger, Tolles & Olson, and a law clerk on the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Greene serves on the board of directors for the National Housing Law Project, the American Bar Association COVID-19 Task Force Committee on Evictions, and the advisory board for Up for Growth. He also served on the board of the Neighborhood Funders Group. Greene received his BA from Stanford University, his Master of City Planning from the University of California, Berkeley, and his JD from Yale Law School. He grew up in Ulster County, New York and currently lives in Washington DC.