Biography:
Christina Bollo is an academic expert in housing, housing design and homelessness. She researches how housing design features impact the health and wellbeing of adults experiencing housing instability, including older adults, people with low incomes, and individuals with mental and physical disabilities. She brings deep, practical knowledge of affordable housing—how it’s funded, how policies change, and how those decisions shape real people’s lives. Christina helps make sense of complicated housing rules and connects the dots between housing, health, and design, with a focus on homes that are safe, accessible, and affordable for older adults and people with disabilities.
Recent Media:
- Sustainable City Year Program at UO helps to enrich Oakridge (Highway 58 Herald, Aug. 19, 2025)
- A report from the Intersections Research Conference, where architects and scholars explored issues around housing and policy (The Architect's Newspaper, February 2025)