# Howard Husock

> Howard Husock is a senior fellow in Domestic Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, where he studies housing, municipal government, civil society, and philanthropy. A former Emmy-winning WGBH documentary filmmaker who later taught case studies at Harvard's Kennedy School and ran research at the Manhattan Institute, he has spent four decades arguing that American housing policy keeps making the same trillion-dollar mistake. His 2025 book The Projects rereads the history of public housing as a story of demolished communities, not just demolished buildings.

- **Role:** Senior Fellow in Domestic Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute
- **Organizations:** American Enterprise Institute, Manhattan Institute, City Journal, Harvard Kennedy School, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, WGBH Boston, Philanthropy Roundtable
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BS, Boston University School of Public Communication, Mid-career fellow, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
- **Known for:** Three Emmy Awards for documentary work at WGBH Boston, including a 1982 National News and Documentary Emmy, Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for the television series Community Disorder: Racial Violence in Boston, Author of five books on housing, civil society, and philanthropy

## Career timeline

- **1979** — Broadcast journalist and documentary filmmaker at WGBH-TV Boston; his series Community Disorder: Racial Violence in Boston wins the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
- **1982** — Wins a National News and Documentary Emmy; his WGBH work earns three Emmy Awards
- **1987-2006** — Director of case studies in public policy and management at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government; fellow at the Hauser Center on Nonprofit Organizations
- **2003** — Publishes America's Trillion-Dollar Housing Mistake
- **2006-2019** — Vice president for research and publications at the Manhattan Institute; director of its Civil Society Initiative; contributing editor at City Journal
- **2013-2017** — Serves on the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting after nomination by President Obama and Senate confirmation
- **2019** — Joins the American Enterprise Institute as a senior fellow in Domestic Policy Studies
- **2025** — Publishes The Projects: A New History of Public Housing (NYU Press)

## Achievements

- Three Emmy Awards for documentary work at WGBH Boston, including a 1982 National News and Documentary Emmy
- Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for the television series Community Disorder: Racial Violence in Boston
- Author of five books on housing, civil society, and philanthropy
- Director of case studies in public policy at Harvard's Kennedy School for nearly two decades
- Presidential appointee and Senate-confirmed board member of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Published The Projects: A New History of Public Housing with NYU Press, reframing the history of public housing around the communities it displaced.
- **2025-05** — Testified before a U.S. House committee as a senior fellow in Domestic Policy Studies at AEI.

## Links

- Website: https://www.aei.org/profile/howard-husock/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/HowardHusock

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