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Tag: Housing
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Nation & World
New inflation report offers hope, but expert says we’re not out of woods yet
Harvard economist breaks down what latest inflation report may mean for the year ahead.
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When will hot housing market finally start to cool?
A real estate investment expert at Harvard Business School explains what’s happening and why.
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A key inflation index leaps. Getting worried?
Economist Kenneth Rogoff discusses how consumers’ perceptions about inflation are an important factor that influences inflationary cycles.
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Where’s Super Mario?
Mario Leon picked up the nickname Super Mario as a sign of affection over his lengthy tenure as the warm, helpful building manager at Pforzheimer House.
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Democrats and Republicans do live in different worlds
New research by Harvard team finds that most Americans live in partisan bubbles, largely isolated from and rarely interacting with those from another party.
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When housing becomes a community
When Micaela Connery’s cousin was born with significant physical and developmental disabilities, Connery didn’t realize the full impact it would have on her life. This spring Connery will graduate with an M.P.P. from Harvard Kennedy School.
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When the ‘sharing economy’ doesn’t
Some Airbnb hosts discriminate on the basis of race, suggests a study by researchers at Harvard Business School.
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New rents for Harvard housing
In accordance with the University’s fair market rent policy, Harvard University Housing (HUH) charges market rents. The greater Boston rental market is experiencing low vacancy rates and robust rent increases. The proposed 2013-14 market rents will increase on average 6 percent relative to last year, across the 3,000-unit HUH portfolio.
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Growing community for students
At the start of the fall semester, the popular Graduate Commons program was expanded to include two additional buildings, more than doubling the number of units included in the program.
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The housing industry, adrift
Former HUD Secretary Mel Martinez called for innovative solutions to the nation’s housing crisis and proposed less government, more private-sector initiative, and clarity on Dodd-Frank financial reforms.
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Middle class woe
The American middle class has been battered by the loss of well-paying jobs for the 70 percent of the workforce without a college degree and failed by would-be protectors in government and private institutions, said panelists in a Harvard forum on April 27.
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Affordable housing, saved
Representatives of Harvard and many agencies gather to celebrate preserving the affordability of 25 homes in Chapman Arms Apartments in Harvard Square.
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HUH posts new rents for 2012-13
A summary of changes in Harvard University Housing rental rates for 2012-13.
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A look inside: Dudley House Co-op
Before the Dudley Co-operative Society was founded in 1958 as alternative housing for Harvard undergraduates, it was a bed and breakfast where Teddy Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge are reported to have slept.
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HRES establishes 2011-12 rents for Harvard University housing
In accordance with the University’s fair market rent policy, Harvard Real Estate Services has announced the proposed rent for Harvard University Housing for 2011-12.
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New Campus Services department takes shape
Campus Services, the administrative group that serves every School and unit across the University, announced plans today (Nov. 18) to increase efficiencies and strengthen the University commitment to sustainability.
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Strong finish
More than 100 Harvard undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and staff ran in the annual Brian J. Honan 5K on Sept. 12.
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For sale, cheap
Study finds that bank foreclosures reduce a house’s price by an average of 27 percent, and nearby homes see their prices cut by an average of 1 percent.
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Belsky named managing director of Joint Center for Housing Studies
Eric S. Belsky, executive director of the Joint Center for Housing Studies, has been appointed managing director of the Center.
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Edward M. Gramlich Fellowship announces two winners for 2010
The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies and NeighborWorks America are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2010 Edward M. Gramlich Fellowship in Community and Economic Development, Abigail Pound and Eduardo Andres Berlin Razmilic.
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HRES establishes 2010-11 rents for Harvard University Housing
In accordance with the University’s fair market rent policy, Harvard Real Estate Services has announced the proposed rent for Harvard University Housing for 2010-11.
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Kennedy honors two
A health care entrepreneur and the first Iraq War veteran to serve in Congress are the latest recipients of the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award. Pennsylvania Rep. Patrick Murphy and Rebecca Onie, co-founder and chief executive of Project HEALTH, were honored during a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum.
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2008 Census data: Housing is getting even less affordable
“Although housing affordability for newly purchased homes has improved, overall affordability for renters or owners is unchanged or worse because of the economy,” says Daniel McCue, research analyst at Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. “People are still hurting.”
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Harvard students fight foreclosures
Harvard Business School students have joined the fight against foreclosures. The Homeownership Preservation Foundation has teamed up with Harvard MBA students to support the nonprofit’s mission of preventing foreclosure and preserving homeownership.
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Housing woes continue, says Harvard report
The worst U.S. housing downturn in generations continues to grind on, finds a study released today (June 22) by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University.
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Richardson Fellows focus on public service
The Class of 2009 recipients of this year’s Elliot and Anne Richardson Fellowships in Public Service will be working on legal issues affecting immigrant guest workers, providing support for young people in a Palestinian refugee camp, and assisting residents of a New Orleans neighborhood to recover from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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Grad housing that fosters community
Many Harvard College alumni cite their life in the Houses as one of the best aspects of their undergraduate years. Living with students from diverse backgrounds who hail from different parts of the country — and different parts of the globe — leads to broadened interests, a more capacious worldview, and lifelong friendships.
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Law School students lend a legal hand
On a bright May afternoon, two third-year Harvard Law School students set out on one of their regular visits to Dorchester and Mattapan. They are a slightly odd couple: Nick Hartigan, an intense, fast-talking 225-pound former running back, and David Haller, a laid-back native of Arkansas, with a slow Southern drawl. But they have been…
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The environment
THE ENVIRONMENT: William Clark, Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development, Harvard Kennedy School
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Report on Harvard House Renewal released
On Wednesday (April 1) Harvard College Dean Evelynn Hammonds announced the release of the “Report on Harvard House Renewal” in an e-mail to the Harvard residential community. The report is a synthesis of the findings of the House Program Planning Committee, a group charged by Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith with…