Professor Rigel Oliveri

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Isabelle Wade and Paul C. Lyda Professor of Law
317 Hulston Hall
573-882-5068
OliveriR@missouri.edu
Research

Professor Oliveri's scholarship focuses on housing discrimination, affordable housing, zoning, and sexual harassment. In particular, she is an expert on the subject of the sexual harassment of low-income women by their housing providers. This is an intersectional problem, implicating socioeconomic status, race, immigration status, and familial status, among other characteristics. She has a number of articles on the subject, including a first-of-its-kind study involving interviews with low-income women who have experienced sexual harassment in housing, and two forthcoming pieces: one reviews every housing sexual harassment complaint filed by the Department of Justice; the second analyzes potential legislative reforms for addressing the problem. Professor Oliveri also has a forthcoming casebook on fair housing law called The Right to Fair Housing.

Select Publications

The Legal Guide to Affordable Housing Development (3rd ed.), with Tim Iglesias and Rochelle Emelia Lento, (ABA Publishing, 2022).

Sexual Harassment Law: History, Cases, and Practice (2d ed.) with Jennifer Drobac and Carrie Baker, (Carolina Academic Press, 2020).

Vouchers and Affordable Housing: The Limits of Choice in the Political Economy of Place, 54 HARVARD CIVIL RIGHTS - CIVIL LIBERTIES LAW REVIEW 795 (2019).

The Legislative Battle for the Fair Housing Act, in THE FIGHT FOR FAIR HOUSING CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES AND FUTURE IMPLICATIONS OF THE 1968 FEDERAL FAIR HOUSING ACT (Routledge Press 2018).

Sexual Harassment of Low-Income Women in Housing: Pilot Study Results, 83 MISSOURI LAW REVIEW 597 (2018).