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
America’s Rental Affordability Crisis is Climbing the Income Ladder
Very Few Lower-Income Older Adults Live in Accessible Units
The Growing Problem of Older Adult Homelessness
The Falling Supply of Low-Cost Rentals in US Metros
Public Housing Authorities in the Private Market
The Fragmentation and Concentration of Property Management in US Rental Markets
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
The Short-Term Benefits of Emergency Rental Assistance
Millions of Renters Fall Short of a Comfortable Standard of Living
How Well Does the Housing Stock Meet Accessibility Needs? An Analysis of the 2019 American Housing Survey
“The Rent Eats First”: Rental Housing Unaffordability in the United States
The Record-Breaking Rental Market