Evan McKenzie is frequently contacted by the press to serve as a source on matters related to his research interests. He has appeared on ABC’s 20/20; appeared on NPR nationally several times (All Things Considered; Fresh Air; Talk of the Nation); has been interviewed on numerous other AM and FM radio programs; has appeared on Chicago local television; and has been quoted in the major newspapers (New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, etc.)

Select Media Appearances

Bloomberg - “When the Homeowners Association Comes for Your Home” - 9.14.23

The Weeds (Vox) - “It's an HOA world; you're just living in it” - 7.12.23

Vox - When your neighbors become your overlords: How HOAs became an unnecessary necessary evil. - 4.20.23

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Homeowners Associations - 4.10.23

New York Times - Their Retirement Plan Did Not Include Being Forced to Sell Their Condo - 2.25.23

CNN - Condo Collapse in Surfside, Florida - 7.14.21

American Prospect - After Surfside, Calls for Building Oversight Grow - 7.14.21

Yahoo Finance - How more oversight could help save condo infrastructures - 7.9.21

PBS Newshour - Condo boards can be notoriously secretive. Will the Surfside collapse change that? - 7.8.21

NPR WBUR - Condos 101: Expert Sees 'Shocking' Lapse In Public Oversight - 7.9.21

PBS Chicago - After Florida Collapse, a Look at Condo Building Safety in Chicago - 7.6.21

Bloomberg Businessweek - Aging Condos Are a ‘Ticking Time Bomb’ and Need More Oversight - 7.6.21

Washington Post - What Condo Owners Should Know After the Surfside Collapse - 7.2.21

Realtor.com - Will Trump Really Save the Suburbs by Cutting a Rule To Stop Housing Discrimination? - 7.23.20

Realtor.com - The Surprising Ways Race Remains a Factor in Mortgage Lending - 7.20.20

Realtor.com - 'Legacy of Shame': How Racist Clauses in Housing Deeds Divided America - 7.16.20

The Advocate - Why Sandy Springs, Georgia -- once a model for St. George -- has abandoned privatization - 9.21.19

Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Sandy Springs, first in cityhood, changes how it does business - 5.17.19

Press Play with Madeleine Brand - Trump's cabinet and the privatization of government - 1.18.17

Washington Post - New questions for Emanuel on what he knew about teen shot 16 times by Chicago police - 1.27.16

Nevada Public Radio - The HOA: Help or Headache? - 4.22.14

Salon - Privatization fetishists resist reform, costing cities millions - 9.20.13

USA Today - Municipal duties move to 'burbs as HOAs must step in - 3.3.13

New York Times - A Georgia Town Takes the People’s Business Private - 6.23.12

Chicago Tribune - The perils of 'Privatopia': Taking a second look - 6.17.11

Houston Chronicle - Harris County DA investigating homeowners’ claim that their former management firm mishandled things - 8.10.9

Chicago Tribune - New rule property managers - 7.3.9

WBEZ/NPR Chicago - UIC’s Evan McKenzie talks about the effects of the rise of urban governance and the condo association - 7.29.8

ABC News - Do Homeowners Associations Go Too Far? - 1.5.6

Forbes - Most Expensive Gated Communities 2005 - 9.18.5

Los Angeles Times - Barred From the Website Forum: But Can the Association Do That? - 5.4.5

Chicago Tribune - Restrictive racial covenants slow to disappear - 5.1.5

New York Times - Restrictive Covenants Stubbornly Stay on the Books - 4.21.5

New York Times - Homeowner Boards Blur Line Of Just Who Rules the Roost - 7.27.3