Whitney Airgood-Obrycki
Whitney Airgood-Obrycki is a Senior Research Associate at the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, working on research related to affordable rental housing for low-income households and serving as the project manager and lead author of the Center's signature report America’s Rental Housing. Dr. Airgood-Obrycki's research interests include affordable housing policy, affordability measures, rental housing markets, and suburban neighborhood change. Her work has been published in Housing Policy Debate, Urban Studies, Journal of Urban Affairs, and Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space. She holds a BA in History from Simmons College, an MS in Historic Preservation from Ball State University, and a PhD in City & Regional Planning from The Ohio State University.
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Two-Thirds of Working-Age Renters Struggle to Afford Basic Needs
Older Adults Experience Disparate Outcomes When Relocating
Renters’ Affordability Challenges Worsened Last Year
Identifying the Racial and Ethnic Diversity Within US Households
Housing Cost Burdens Climb to Record Levels (Again) in 2023
Public Housing Authorities in the Private Market
Estimating the Gap in Affordable and Available Rental Units for Families
Defining Suburbs: How Definitions Shape the Suburban Landscape
Suburban status and neighbourhood change
Suburban revalorization: Residential infill and rehabilitation in Baltimore County’s older suburbs
Worst Case Housing Needs for Renters Ticked Down, But Remain High
Federal Assistance Programs Help Mitigate the Worst of the Housing Crisis
Rising Unemployment Could Worsen Young Adults’ Housing Challenges
The Rent Eats More: Residual Income Housing Cost Burdens from 2019–2023
Two-Thirds of Working-Age Renters Struggle to Afford Basic Needs