Nicolas Retsinas

Lecturer in Housing Studies, GSD
Director
Joint Center for Housing Studies
Office Address
Non Resident
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 in Business Administration 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 masters degree in city planning from Harvard University and his AB in economics from New York University.

 

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Research

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

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Edited Volumes
    • Retsinas, Nicolas, and Eric S. Belsky, eds. Revisiting Rental Housing: Policies, Programs and Priorities. Brookings Institution Press, 2008.
    • Retsinas, Nicolas, and Eric Belsky, eds. Borrowing to Live: Consumer and Mortgage Credit Revisited. Brookings Institution Press, 2008.
  • Magazine and Newspaper Articles
    • Retsinas, Nicolas. "Definitional Shifts in a Place Called Home." Urban Land. November/December 2008.
    • Retsinas, Nicolas. "Revisiting the Vocabulary of Housing: A Place to Live." National Mortgage News. 2008.
    • Retsinas, Nicolas. "Making Credit Good Again." Los Angeles Times. March 17, 2009.
  • Op-Eds
    • Retsinas, Nicolas. "A House Divided: Investment or Shelter?" Harvard Business School: Working Knowledge, January 23, 2008.
    • Retsinas, Nicolas. "Renters Deserve a Better Shake." Boston Globe, August 13, 2008.
    • Retsinas, Nicolas. "The End of the 'Any Breathing Borrower' Era." Boston Globe, October 8, 2008.