Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) – small, independent living units that are inside, attached to, or detached but on the same parcel as a primary residence – have the potential…
Digitalization, which has already changed how housing is produced, sold, financed, and used, could also improve how we plan, review, regulate, and shape both housing and…
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…
As tools like Alexa, Google Home, and Siri have shown, digitalization is changing how we live in our homes. While many of the changes are related to lifestyle, they also have…
As the rise of companies like Zillow and Rocket Mortgage illustrate, big data and data analytics have significantly changed how people search for and finance housing. The…
Big data and the growing use of data analytics are transforming how residential real estate is bought, sold, and managed, often in ways that are making it easier for…
Could digitalization significantly change how housing is designed and built? If so, could those changes reduce the cost of producing housing and/or improve design?
Two new…
Digitalization—the strategic use of technology to collect, create, process, organize, analyze, use, and monetize data—is changing how housing is produced, marketed, sold,…
With support from our Center, 28 graduate students from the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) and the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), and one undergraduate from Harvard…
Between the COVID-19 pandemic and the national spotlight on systemic racism, 2020 brought into sharp relief a number of technical and adaptive challenges facing the nation’s…