Harvard University, Joint Center for Housing Studies

The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, which is affiliated with Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and Kennedy School of Government, addresses a broad range of housing issues through research, education, and public outreach programs, including a biennial report on the state of rental housing. Rental housing is a vital resource for approximately one-third of Americans, as more people choose to – or must – rent because of the ongoing foreclosure crisis and recession. The grant funds rigorous research and a comprehensive analysis of the state of rental housing and the population it serves that will inform ongoing housing policy debates.

Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies addresses a broad range of housing issues through research, education, and public outreach programs. It publishes the State of the Nation’s Housing, which reviews annual trends in the U.S. housing sector, and, with Foundation support, has produced three biennial reports on the state of rental housing that have provided important information about the rental stock and the challenge of providing adequate affordable rental housing for people of modest means. The Joint Center will use this grant to produce its fourth report, in 2013.

To support a historical analysis of the affordable rental housing preservation industry and to prepare case studies of local impact (over three years).

To support a historical analysis of the affordable rental housing preservation industry and to prepare case studies of local impact (over three years).

In support of research on rental housing trends and issues (over three years).