PRESS RELEASE

CONTACT: Elizabeth England: (617) 495-7640

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

(Cambridge, MA) On June 13, 2006 the Joint Center for Housing Studies will present new research that analyzes housings markets, economic demographics and social trends. These trends shape the future of where and how we live.

WHO

The Joint Center for Housing Studies is Harvard University’s center for information and research on housing in the United States. Established in 1959, the Joint Center is a collaborative unit affiliated with the Harvard Design School and the Kennedy School of Government.

Speakers to include:

Nicolas P. Retsinas, director, Eric S. Belsky, executive director, and Rachel B. Drew, research analyst, Joint Center for Housing Studies

Sheila Crowley, president, National Low Income Housing Coalition

Gary Garczynski, chairman, National Housing Endowment and 2002 National Association of Home Builders president

Thomas L. Wind, CEO, Home Mortgage, Chase

WHAT

Release of The State of the Nation's Housing: 2006.

This annual report looks at the current pressures facing the nation’s housing markets and beyond them to the underpinnings of long run housing supply and demand.

Interview opportunities with speakers following release. Cameras welcome.

WHERE

Ford Foundation
320 East 43rd Street
New York, NY

Check-in at reception area.

WHEN

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 at 11:00 am

CONTACT

Elizabeth England, program coordinator, Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies,
(617) 495-7640 or elizabeth_england@harvard.edu

The press release and an embargoed copy of the report will be available to the press on June 6, 2006.

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For more information about the Joint Center and its programs,
please call (617) 495-7908.