"The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government."

www.harvard.edu/president/ne...

What homeowners spend on professional vs. DIY projects varies considerably by income, age, race, how long they’ve lived in the home, the year the home was built, etc., says @sophiawedeen.bsky.social. Our interactive tool illustrates these disparaties.

www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/interac...

Tomorrow (March 20) at 2pm ET: Join us for a conversation about our new report on the state of the US remodeling industry with @carlosonhousing.bsky.social @sophiawedeen.bsky.social @rewiringamerica.bsky.social and others. Registration required.

www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/imp...

Fact check: Liberals say that Trump is like Hitler but Trump is only planning a reich that lasts 100 years.

NLIHC released today its annual report, "The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes." The report finds that the lowest-income renters in the U.S. face a shortage of 7.1 million affordable and available rental homes.

Download "The Gap:" https://nlihc.org/gap

Key insights 🧵

At a time of record-high homelessness, DOGE wants to gut staff at the office that does the most to prevent it. www.npr.org/2025/02/22/g...

Data preservation and documentation is our love language ❤️

If you are interested or want to plan a data rescue event, get in touch with us. While our work has been asynchronous out of necessity, we'd love to hear about other efforts and get you hooked up with others in the community who might have suggestions for activities. #DataRescue

"... not having enough staff to process applications to allow for more housing to be built faster... At the start of your tenure as Secretary, HUD’s staffing capacity was near its 2012 levels with a dedicated workforce... So much hard-fought progress has been wiped away in less than three weeks."

"Independent audits...have repeatedly pointed to capacity gaps across HUD. This includes not having enough staff to support communities devastated by disasters, not having enough staff to meet HUD’s legal obligations under the Fair Housing Act..."

"Some of the most drastic reductions impact areas that support highly vulnerable people, including seniors, homeless veterans and families, and people with disabilities."

The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs minority letter begins: "We are deeply alarmed and troubled by reports that you terminated hundreds of probationary employees on Friday and are planning to cut HUD's workforce by 50 percent or nearly 4,300 staff.”

www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/min...

We just learned about this Declaration to #DefendResearch and the inclusion of public data! Thanks for linking to us. We love the level of cross-project support and communication we see now!
#DataRescue

More on what's happening now at HUD and what employees are being told to expect. www.npr.org/2025/02/14/g...

Many webpages are disappearing from HUD. To add to this list:
-Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
-Violence Against Women Act
-several Fair Housing Act/housing discrimination resource pages
& many dead links. This an evolving list. Take screenshots, download attachments. Document what's missing.

The number of cost-burdened renters has hit yet another record high, and affordability has worsened up and down the income scale, leaving low-income households with less than ever before. @airbrycki.bsky.social @aherm.bsky.social @sophiawedeen.bsky.social.

www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/renters...

“You have a maze of arrows.” — Anish Giri finally addressing chess’s arrow-drawing problem is a new high point in @chess.com commentary

The housing stock is aging and even minor modifications can be daunting and expensive, especially when nearly a third of seniors are cost burdened, meaning more than 30 percent of their income is eaten up by housing costs. @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/o...

Coverage of the chess world championship is truly second to none