Joint Center for Housing Studies

Joint Center for Housing Studies

Shaun Donovan delivering a keynote at the Joint Center for Housing Studies in 2011.
Former name	Harvard–MIT Joint Center for Urban Studies
Type	Research center
Established	1959
Founder	Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Parent institution	Harvard University
Affiliation	Graduate School of Design Kennedy School of Government
Director	Christopher Herbert
Address	1 Bow Street, Suite 400 , Cambridge , Massachusetts , 02138 , United States 42°22′N 71°07′W / 42.37°N 71.12°W / 42.37; -71.12Coordinates: 42°22′N 71°07′W / 42.37°N 71.12°W / 42.37; -71.12
Language	English
Website	jchs.harvard.edu

The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University is a research center that focuses on housing matters. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Center advances understanding of housing issues and informs policy. Through its research, education, and public outreach programs, the Center helps leaders in government, business, and the civic sectors make decisions that effectively address the needs of cities and communities.

History[]

The Center was formed in 1959 under the leadership of Martin Meyerson, its founding director, as the Harvard–MIT Joint Center for Urban Studies to address intellectual and policy issues confronting a nation experiencing widespread demographic, economic and social change.^[1] Its research was based on the premise that the resolution of these issues called for imaginative interdisciplinary approaches to the study of urban problems and issues, and required cooperation among universities, government and industry.^[2]

In 1989, a split was made from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and became affiliated solely with Harvard's Graduate School of Design and Kennedy School of Government. The Center consolidated the focus on housing that had emerged during the 1970s, and changed the ending of its name from "Urban Studies" to "Housing Studies."

An annual lecture in honor of John Thomas Dunlop is administered by the Joint Center for Housing Studies.^[3] Notable keynotes include: Herbert Kohler Jr. (2001); Angelo Mozilo (2002); Henry Cisneros (2003); Kim B. Clark (2004); Jack Kemp (2005); Lewis Ranieri (2008); Shaun Donovan (2009); Marc Morial (2010); Jonathan Reckford (2011); Mel Martínez (2012); Ron Terwilliger (2013); Jonathan F. P. Rose (2014); Marty Walsh (2017); Raphael Bostic (2018); Kim Dowdell (2019); and Michael Maltzan (2020).

Directors[]

Notable affiliates[]

• Kent W. Colton, urban planner
• Rahul Mehrotra, architect and urban designer
• Toshiko Mori, architect
• Alexander von Hoffman, urban planner and historian

References[]

External links[]

• Official website