Ira Goldstein, Ph.D., is The Reinvestment Fund’s (“TRF”) Director of Public Policy and Program Assessment. Public Policy and Program Assessment is a department within TRF with responsibility for research into a broad array of economic development issues related to TRF's organizational goals and mission. Mr. Goldstein comes to TRF from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development as the Director of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity for the Mid-Atlantic region. In that position, he was responsible for enforcement of all federal laws and regulations under HUD’s Jurisdiction related to discrimination in both public and private housing.

Mr. Goldstien is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania where he teaches quantitative research methods for the Urban Studies Program and also at Temple University where he recently taught a course on discrimination in housing. Mr. Goldstein has authored (and co-authored) books and articles on public policy and urban problems.