Our 2023 Summer Fellows Will Tackle a Range of Housing-Related Projects and Problems Wednesday, May 31, 2023 With support from our Center, 13 students from the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) and the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) will spend the summer researching and working on a host of issues... By DAVID LUBEROFF
Affordability Robert B. Whittlesey: A Remarkable Leader in the Field of Affordable Housing Thursday, April 27, 2023 No one did more to build the non-profit housing sector in the United States than Bob Whittlesey, who... By ALEXANDER VON HOFFMAN
Affordability Inflation Pressures Are Stressing Renter Households Monday, April 17, 2023 More than half the nation’s renters—including two thirds of low-income renters—report that they have... By WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI, PEYTON WHITNEY
Affordability Practicing Community: Bernheimer Architecture’s Affordable Housing Thursday, April 13, 2023 Andrew Bernheimer, FAIA, founding principal of Bernheimer Architecture (BA), opened this year’s... By CORINNA ANDERSON
Affordability Lower-Income Renters Have Less Residual Income than Ever Before Tuesday, April 11, 2023 Renter household incomes fell in the first two years of the pandemic as rents increased, leaving... By WHITNEY AIRGOOD-OBRYCKI, PEYTON WHITNEY
Affordability The State of US Housing: A Roller Coaster Ride Tuesday, February 21, 2023 Last week I was invited to testify by the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee in... By CHRIS HERBERT
Rental Housing Number of Renters Burdened by Housing Costs Reached a Record High in 2021 Wednesday, February 1, 2023 In 2021, the first full year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a record number of renters were cost-burdened... By PEYTON WHITNEY
Affordability Harnessing the IIJA’s Weatherization Assistance Program to Leave No Household in the Cold Tuesday, January 31, 2023 The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) of November 2021 included a $3.5 billion one-time... By CARLOS MARTÍN
Affordability Energy Insecurity Threatens to Destabilize Households this Winter Thursday, December 1, 2022 As winter approaches in the United States, many households are preparing for lower temperatures—and... By RIORDAN FROST
Homeownership Homebuying Challenges in a Tight Housing Market: Perspectives from Brockton, Massachusetts Thursday, September 8, 2022 Home prices have risen dramatically over the past two years as growth in the number of households... By MADELINE RANALLI, SHARON CORNELISSEN
