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Middlesex County Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian will explore how public health and public safety intersect to address the complex challenges of homelessness. Drawing from his experience as a prosecutor, legislator, and law enforcement leader, Sheriff Koutoujian will discuss innovative, data-driven programs that prioritize continuity of care, access to essential services, and evidence-based solutions.

Join us for a talk with Elora Raymond, Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning at Georgia Tech, about what happens when housing is treated as a financial asset rather than a social good.

Meyer Fellow and PhD candidate Leonardo D’Amico will discuss research he did with Maxim Alekseev on whether greater financial integration in the decades after World War II helped spur population and economic growth in the American South and West, and the relative decline of Northern financial centers.

This student-led conference from the Harvard Kennedy School is dedicated to exploring Mexico’s vibrant and complex political, social, economic, and cultural landscape. The Mexico Conference brings together experts, policymakers, academics, and leaders from various sectors to engage in thoughtful discussions about the most pressing challenges and opportunities facing the country.

While Zurich is a center of global finance it also has a century-old commitment to public benefit and nonprofit housing, implemented through a cooperative model of resource sharing. While the Zurich model cannot be fully transferred to cities in the US, there are lessons to be learned from its long-standing commitment to nonspeculation within a for-profit real estate market and for the role of design in that work.

The number of cost-burdened renter households has reached a new record high, further deepening the affordability challenge that accelerated during the pandemic. Whitney Airgood-Obrycki will discuss persistent disparities in who experiences cost burdens and the urgent need for effective policies and subsidies to tackle these challenges.

In his new book, Jonathan Tarleton introduces two New York City social housing co-ops grappling with whether to keep units affordable or to make changes that would reap financial windfalls but price out future low-income tenants.

The US remodeling market soared above $600 billion in the wake of the pandemic, and despite recent softening remains 50 percent above pre-pandemic levels. Join us for the release of our 2025 Improving America's Housing report.

What is the divergence between US housing policy and environmental policy, and how has it contributed to disparities in exposure to climate impacts? Carlos Martín, Director of the Center’s Remodeling Futures Program, will discuss the intersection between climate and housing policy, and areas for potential synergies. 

Peter Barber is the founder of Peter Barber Architects, an award-winning practice based in London known for its radical approach to social housing and urban planning. Barber will highlight some of the firm’s social housing projects and will review the political and ideological context in which these and other projects were conceived.

In response to persistent and worsening housing affordability, the idea of “social housing” has been gaining momentum in New England and across the US. Practitioners, policymakers, advocates, and researchers will gather to describe both existing models of social housing in New England and new efforts to design, fund, build, and manage accessible, diverse, and sustainable housing.