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.
By This Author
Six Takeaways from America’s Rental Housing 2024
Inflation Pressures Are Stressing Renter Households
Lower-Income Renters Have Less Residual Income than Ever Before
Rental Markets One Year After Our America’s Rental Housing Report
Rental Deserts Perpetuate Socioeconomic and Racial Segregation
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
Recognizing Racial Diversity Within Households: Implications for Housing Research
Housing Cost Burdens Climb to Record Levels (Again) in 2023
Affordability Challenges and the Composition of Middle-Income Renters
Subsidizing the Middle: Policies, Tradeoffs, and Costs of Addressing Middle-Income Affordability Challenges
Middle-Income Housing Programs Emerge as Affordability Challenges Climb the Income Ladder