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With funding from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, 23 Harvard students will spend the summer advancing a wide range of housing-related efforts across the US—from community planning, policy analysis, and program evaluation to design, data analysis, climate resilience, and tenant protection—at public agencies, nonprofits, and innovative for-profit organizations.

Annual spending on improvements and maintenance to owner-occupied homes is projected to slow sharply in early 2027, according to the latest Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA).

Despite a recent softening in rents for new leases and a cooling construction pipeline, rental housing in the US remains unaffordable for households across the income spectrum, according to America’s Rental Housing 2026.

Annual spending on improvements and maintenance to owner-occupied homes is expected to gradually slow through 2026, according to the latest Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA).

Annual expenditures for improvements and maintenance to owner-occupied homes are expected to soften in 2026, according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA).

This year, the US housing market is shrouded in uncertainty, with little indication that record-high levels of unaffordability will ease anytime soon.

With funding from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, 22 students from the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD), the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) will help public and nonprofit entities across the US address housing-related challenges this summer. 

Three Harvard PhD candidates have been named 2025 John R. Meyer Dissertation Fellows by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. 

Annual expenditures for improvements and maintenance to owner-occupied homes are expected to grow modestly through 2026, according to our latest Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA).