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Delighted to announce that two @harvard.edu PhD candidates have been named 2026 Meyer Fellows:
Seetha Davis is a PhD candidate @hsph.harvard.edu
and a medical student at @harvardmed.bsky.social.
Shira Li is a PhD candidate at Harvard Business School.
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US housing is under strain: affordability is worsening, sales are at 30-year lows, inventory and vacancies are up, cost burdens have again hit record highs, and federal aid is underfunded.
Join us ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ณ for The State of the Nation's Housing 2026.
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Two Harvard PhD candidates have been named 2026 John R. Meyer Dissertation Fellows by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.
While the number of people experiencing homelessness fell for the first time since 2016, driven largely by a decrease in people staying in shelters, the decline was modest and homelessness remains well above pre-pandemic levels writes @airbrycki.bsky.social.
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/homeles...
Property management companies play an important role in the rental market, and are critical for tenants, but we know surprisingly little about how their portfolios differ and how concentrated the industry really is. @airbrycki.bsky.social
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Persistent unaffordability and economic uncertainty are squeezing US housing, with high costs, slumping demand, and profoundly underfunded assistance.
Join us for the release of our ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ report on ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฝ๐บ ๐๐ง.
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With funding from our Center, 23 students from across @harvard.edu will ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด-๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฆ at public agencies, nonprofits, and innovative for-profit orgs. @gsd.harvard.edu @harvardkennedy.bsky.social
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Our Center seeks applications for a ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ to research topics related to home improvement and repair markets, housing preservation and adaptation, disaster recovery and climate resilience, demographics and finances, housing policy, and more.
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The winners of this yearโs ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ are:
Ehao Wu for "Sponge City and Impermeable Housing Value" and Sebastian Rodriguez Leon for "A Comprehensive Revision to Colombian Policy Tools for Improving Housing Conditions." @gsd.harvard.edu @harvardkennedy.bsky.social
Congratulations!
โWhile the number of people experiencing homelessness fell for the first time since 2016, driven largely by a decrease in people staying in shelters, the decline was modest and homelessness remains well above pre-pandemic levels.โ - @harvard-jchs.bsky.social
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
#MapMonday: how did sheltered homelessness change by state in Jan 2025? Per @airbrycki.bsky.social, an overall decline was driven by drops in NY, IL, CO & MA, offsetting increases elsewhere, including a hurricane-related jump in NC: www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/homeles... @harvard-jchs.bsky.social
With funding from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, 23 Harvard students will spend the summer advancing a wide range of housing-related efforts across the USโfrom community planning, polic...
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently released its Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR), which features the results of the 2025 point-in-time count. While theโฆ
