Chris Herbert

Urban Planner

**Chris Herbert** is Managing Director of the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. Dr. Herbert has extensive experience conducting research related to housing policy and urban development, both in the U.S. and abroad. A key focus of his research has been on the financial and demographic dimensions of homeownership, and the implications for homeownership policy of the recession, housing bust, and foreclosure crisis. Dr. Herbert was named managing director of the Joint Center in 2015. He is also a Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in the Department of Urban Planning and Design. Photo: [JCHS](http://www.jchs.harvard.edu/staff/chris-herbert "Chris Herbert | JCHS")