COMMENTARY
Research Shows Housing Production Moderates Rent Growth Over Time 🌐
Crain's New York Business, Letter to the Editor
September 10, 2025
Sam Chandan, PhD
Skepticism about the relationship between housing supply and affordability persists in policy debates, often supported by anecdotal observations of new construction in neighborhoods where rents continue to rise. Yet the empirical research is clear: increased housing production moderates rent growth over time. Short-term, localized data can obscure this relationship, but the weight of evidence supports supply-oriented policy interventions. Addressing New York's housing affordability challenges demands a sustained commitment to enabling more construction, not less.
There's a Global Crisis in Affordable and Adequate Housing. Mobilizing Private Capital and Capabilities is Essential to Our Response 🌐
World Economic Forum
Friday, June 6, 2025
Kalin Bracken and Sam Chandan, PhD
In cities around th world, expanding access to affordable and adequate housing requires meaningful private-sector participation in financing, development, operations, and long-term asset management. Without private capital and execution capacity, there is no viable solution to persistent deterioration in housing accesss. First and foremost, the public role in housing is to support the necessary conditions for private participation.
Why We Must Reimagine Real Estate for a Better Future 🌐
World Economic Forum
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Kalin Bracken and Sam Chandan, PhD
As societies contend with an increasingly complex global outlook, the role of the built environment must take centre stage. The public and private sectors should strive to deliver more liveable, sustainable, resilient and affordable buildings and cities.