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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The role of government benefits in reducing housing cost burdens, 2009 – 2022
The Rent Eats More: Residual Income Housing Cost Burdens from 2019–2023
Disparities in Residential Mobility Outcomes Among Older Adults in the United States
Rising Costs of Homeownership Are a Growing Burden
Rental Deserts, Segregation, and Zoning
Suburban status and neighbourhood change
Do Rental Subsidies Provide Accessible Housing for Older Adults?
Older Adults Increasingly Face Housing Affordability Challenges
Even Fully-Employed and Moderate-Income Households Struggle to Pay the Rent
Have Incomes Kept Up with Rising Rents?