PRESS RELEASE

CONTACT: Elizabeth England, (617) 495-7640

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

(Cambridge, MA) On June 23, 2008, the Joint Center for Housing Studies will present research that analyzes housing markets, as well as the economic, demographic and social trends that drive market performance. These trends shape the future of where and how people 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 Graduate School of Design and the Harvard Kennedy School.

Scheduled Speakers to include:

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

Brian D. Montgomery, Assistant Secretary Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner

David Lowman, Chief Executive Officer of Home Lending, JPMorgan Chase and Co

Saul Ramirez, Executive Director, National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials

Interview opportunities with speakers following release.

WHAT

Release of The State of the Nation's Housing 2008.

Now in it’s 20th year, this annual report looks at the pressures facing the nation’s housing markets and beyond them to the underpinnings of long run housing supply and demand. Copies of the report, press release and fact sheet will be available to the media on June 16, 2008.

WHERE

Ford Foundation
320 East 43rd Street
New York, NY

WHEN

Monday, June 23, 2008 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 16, 2008.

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