Events

On campus and online, we host dozens of events each year to examine important housing policy issues. In addition to seminars, lectures, and panel discussions here at Harvard, we convene conferences and symposia around the country, bringing together housing practitioners, researchers, and policymakers. Please sign up for our email list at the bottom of this page to hear about upcoming events, and visit YouTube to watch videos of past events.

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Mar 13

Housing and Sustainable Development: Lessons from Habitat for Humanity's Efforts to Reduce Home Heating Costs in the Balkans

Through their Residential Energy Efficiency for Low Income Households (REELIH) program, Habitat for Humanity International and USAID have reduced the high home-heating costs in several Balkan countries, where many urban residents live in large, aging, uninsulated and often unmaintained apartment buildings.

Wed, Mar 13, 2019

Mar 12

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Report Release: Improving America's Housing

The national market for home improvement and repair is now well over $400 billion annually. Join us as we release the 20th anniversary edition of our biennial Improving America’s Housing report.

Tue, Mar 12, 2019

Mar 11

A Call for Radical Inclusion: Affordability, Inclusivity, and the U.S. Housing Crisis

The Social Innovation and Change Initiative welcomes Micaela Connery (Cheng Fellow, MPP ‘16), Founder and CEO of The Kelsey, for a conversation on creating and advocating for inclusive spaces.

Mon, Mar 11, 2019

Mar 8

The Renovation Rebalance: How Financial Intermediaries Affect Renter Housing Costs

Presentation by Michael Reher, PhD Candidate in Economics and Meyer Doctoral Fellow

Fri, Mar 8, 2019

Mar 6

Shared Equity and Affordable Housing: Lessons from the Nation’s Largest Community Land Trust

The Champlain Housing Trust in Vermont is the country’s largest community land trust. Founded in 1984, it stewards 606 owner-occupied homes in its signature shared-equity program, manages 2,350 apartments and a motel for homeless families, and both owns and manages 140,000 sq. ft. of community facilities and commercial space.

Wed, Mar 6, 2019

Mar 1

LocalHousingSolutions.org: A New Tool to Promote Housing Affordability

A new interactive tool helps cities, counties and towns develop comprehensive and balanced housing plans that enhance affordability, protect low-income residents from displacement, and foster inclusive neighborhoods.

Fri, Mar 1, 2019

Feb 23

Conference on Poverty and Inequality

The Conference on Poverty and Inequality is a student-run conference at the Harvard Kennedy School that focuses on social issues, public policy, and community activism relating to social and economic inequality in the United States.

Sat, Feb 23, 2019

Feb 22

Defining Suburbia: The Implications of Differing Approaches

It has become clear that places considered to be suburbs are, in fact, extraordinarily diverse, including many that have characteristics traditionally associated with “urban” areas. In response, many planners, policy makers, and scholars have been trying to develop new and more meaningful definitions of suburban (and urban) places.

Fri, Feb 22, 2019

Feb 15

Fellowships & Pizza

An information session (with pizza!) about summer funding opportunities for Harvard graduate students interested in housing and community development.

Fri, Feb 15, 2019

Feb 8

Gramlich Fellows Presentation: Susanna Pho & Aneliese Palmer

Join us as our 2018 Gramlich Fellows, Susanna Pho and Aneliese Palmer, present the work they completed in their summer fellowship last year.

Fri, Feb 8, 2019

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