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.
There are no upcoming events at the moment.
Mar
23
How do the notoriously complicated funding and approval processes for affordable housing shape the design of those projects?
Fri, Mar 23, 2018
Mar
5
Using Community Land Trusts to Preserve Housing Affordability and Community Control of Neighborhoods
A panel discussion with: Eliza Parad, Christie Peale, Mia Charlene White, Christopher Herbert.
Mon, Mar 5, 2018
Mar
2
Succeeding Where Mixed-Income Transformation Falls Short: A Path to Equity and Inclusion in Our Cities
Mark L. Joseph of The Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western University, and Amy T. Khare of the University of Illinois, Chicago, will discuss their work with the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities.
Fri, Mar 2, 2018
Feb
24
Conference on Poverty and Inequality
This year’s Conference on Poverty and Inequality will take place at the Harvard Kennedy School on Saturday, February 24. With a theme of Uniting Against Poverty:
Sat, Feb 24, 2018
Feb
23
The Effect of State Income Taxes on Home Values: Evidence from a Border Pair Study
This talk is part of the Center’s ongoing Housing Research Seminar Series, which gives faculty, senior researchers, and graduate students the opportunity to present and discuss current and recent work with a mix of scholars and practitioners.
Fri, Feb 23, 2018
Feb
20
A Conversation with Rahm Emanuel
Join us for a conversation between Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Mohsen Mostafavi, Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design and the Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design.
Tue, Feb 20, 2018
Feb
9
Leveraging Resiliencey to Promote Equity & Preserving Affordable Housing in Emerging Markets
Caroline Lauer and Matthew Schreiber, who are both Masters in Urban Planning candidates, will each present research they carried out as 2017 Gramlich Fellows in Community and Economic Development.
Fri, Feb 9, 2018
Jan
26
The State of America's Rental Housing
Research Seminar by Jonathan Spader, Senior Research Associate, Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
Fri, Jan 26, 2018
Jan
24
History Revisited: Memphis Sanitation Works 1968
We are proud to co-sponsor this year's Jerry Wurf Memorial Forum speaker: William Lucy, former Secretary-Treasurer of AFSCME and founding President of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU).
Wed, Jan 24, 2018
Nov
17
The Changing Nature of First-Time Homebuyers, 1997-2015
Research Seminar by Shannon Rieger, Research Assistant, Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
Fri, Nov 17, 2017
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