Sophia Weeden and Diana Hernández will present new research drawing on multiple data sources to describe disparities in energy use, energy insecurity, housing affordability, and home renovation activi...

Across the country, state and local governments are adopting new protections to support renters amid rising housing costs, displacement pressures, and persistent affordability challenges. This event w...

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the United States jumped to 7.03 percent, putting pressure on housing affordability.

Homelessness among older adults is emerging as one of the most significant—and least understood—challenges facing cities today. This conversation will bring together leading researchers and practition...

Graduate students from GSD, HKS, and other schools at Harvard, as well as Harvard undergraduates, are invited to learn about the Center, which strives to improve equitable access to decent, affordable...

The department’s attempted overhaul of its grant program would “cut out more fair housing organizations than they include,” according to the ruling.

People once believed if they worked hard, they could become homeowners, but ‘we’re coming to terms with the fact that perhaps most won’t. And that’s the new normal.’

This event will bring together architects behind major office-to-residential conversions to discuss the design strategies, compromises, and innovations defining this emerging typology. What trade-offs...

Read insights from government leaders, practitioners, and researchers on the barriers and opportunities for building more housing.

New Harvard GSD research shows that compliance with the Massachusetts transit-linked zoning law is more widespread than the media depicts.

There’s not much out there for people at the low end of the income spectrum, and those households are more likely to pay at least half their income on rent and utilities.

Each year, our State of the Nation’s Housing report offers a snapshot of how US households are faring in finding and affording a place to live. The 2026 report (being released with a livestream today…

When the price of housing is high, moving out of a family home or other group living situation to live on one’s own is less attractive.

The cost and toll of America's housing crisis is displayed in charts and statistics.

Two Harvard PhD candidates have been named 2026 John R. Meyer Dissertation Fellows by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.