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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Apr 4

An Affordable Housing Panel Discussion: What Are Community and Tenant Rights?

Cambridge and the Greater Boston area, similar to other regions across the United States are facing critical affordability pressures with increasing housing costs and stagnant wages leaving more than half of tenants cost burdened.

Wed, Apr 4, 2018

Mar 26

The Color of Law

In his new book, Richard Rothstein (Research Associate of the Economic Policy Institute;

Mon, Mar 26, 2018

Mar 23

How Do Funding and Review Processes Shape the Design of Affordable Housing: Lessons from Massachusetts

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

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