The Choices, Experiences, and Role of Second Homeowners in Boston

Principal Investigator

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  Meaghan Stiman

  2015 Early Stage Urban Research Award Recipient; Assistant Professor, College of William and Mary

Co-Principal Investigator

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  Japonica Brown-Saracino

  Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences

Led by Ph.D. candidate Meaghan Stiman under the advisement of Professor Japonica Brown-Saracino, this study seeks to understand a rarely studied class of urban resident: the second homeowner. Stiman will evaluate how Boston second homeowners frame their residential choices and experiences, their civic, cultural, and economic contributions, and their impact on neighborhood character over time.

Presentations

“The Rise of City Specters in Boston, Massachusetts.” Eastern Sociological Association Conference, March 2016.

“Suburbia-birds as Central City Super-Gentrifiers: The Case of Second Homeownership in Boston, Massachusetts.” American Sociological Association Conference, August 2016.

Publications

Meaghan Stiman (2019): Speculators and specters: Diverse forms of second homeowner engagement in Boston, Massachusetts, Journal of Urban Affairs.

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