Nicolas Retsinas

Lecturer in Housing Studies, GSD
Director,
Joint Center for Housing Studies
Office Address
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Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox HUD
79 JFK Street
Contact
Phone: 617-496-3676
Fax: 617-496-9957
Email: nicolas_retsinas@harvard.edu
Nicolas Retsinas

Profile

Nicolas P. Retsinas is Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design at the Graduate School of Design and Lecturer at Harvard Business School. Prior to his Harvard appointment, Retsinas served as Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and as Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision. Retsinas also served on the Board of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. He was the Executive Director of the Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation from 1987 to 1993. He received his master's degree in city planning from Harvard University and his AB in economics from New York University.

 

Courses

Spring

  • HUT-264 Housing Policy in the U.S.: Intersection of Public/Private Sectors in Housing Finance

Media Expertise

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Research

Research for a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Magazine and Newspaper Articles
    • Retsinas, Nicolas. "Building Sandcastles: The Subprime Adventure." HBS Working Knowledge (September 12, 2007).
  • Op-Eds
    • Retsinas, Nicolas. "What Was Lost When Home Values Soared." Reuters.com, February 19, 2008.
    • Retsinas, Nicolas. "The Crumbling of the Sub-Prime Empire." Providence Journal, October 30, 2007.
    • Retsinas, Nicolas. "Building Sandcastles: The Subprime Adventure." HBS Working Knowledge, September 12, 2007.
    • Retsinas, Nicolas. "Habitat for Humanity's Book of Katrina." Providence Journal, August 26, 2007.
    • Retsinas, Nicolas. "The New Homeowners." Boston Globe, July 8, 2007.
    • Retsinas, Nicolas. "Mega-Cities, Mega-Problems." Los Angeles Times, February 28, 2007.
  • Research Papers/Reports
    • Cisneros, Henry G., Jack F. Kemp, Nicolas Retsinas, and Kent W. Colton. "Our Communities, Our Homes: Pathways to Housing and Homeownership in America's Cities and States." Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, 2007.