April 13, 2026
Bierman and Mehrabi’s research on housing insecurity receives broad media attention
Television, radio, and print media interview Alex Bierman about study’s findings
Department of Sociology Professor Alex Bierman and PhD candidate Fahimeh Mehrabi recently issued a study of housing insecurity among older adults through Ô°ÇøÒùÂÒ’s School of Public Policy. Based on a representative survey of older Albertans conducted this year, Bierman and Mehrabi are some of the few to examine housing insecurity among older adults who own their own home, showing that over 1 in 3 Albertan older adults were worried about paying for home upkeep, and about 1 in 6 had considered selling their homes due to financial need. These findings were widely reported by news outlets in Alberta, and Dr. Bierman was interviewed for reports from , , and regarding these findings.