Howard Husock is vice president for policy research at the Manhattan Institute, where he is also director of its Social Entrepreneurship Initiative. He is the author of the "Philanthropy and Society" blog on Forbes.com. He is a City Journal contributing editor.

From 1987 through 2006, Husock served as director of case studies in public policy and management at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, where he was also a fellow at the Hauser Center on Nonprofit Organizations. His publications on the nonprofit sector have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, National Affairs, Society Magazine, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, The Public Interest, and Townhall.com.

In addition, Mr. Husock has written widely on housing and urban policy, including in his book The Trillion-Dollar Housing Mistake: The Failure of American Housing Policy (Ivan R. Dee, 2003) and his monograph Repairing the Ladder: Toward a New Housing Policy Paradigm (Reason Foundation, 1996). His work has also appeared in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Philanthropy, and The Wilson Quarterly. Husock is a former broadcast journalist and documentary filmmaker whose work at WGBH-TV in Boston won three Emmy awards. He is a graduate of the Boston University School of Public Communication and was a 1981–82 mid-career fellow at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

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Articles/Op-eds

• "Charity Miles" Programs and their Lesson for Government, Forbes.com's "Philanthropy and Society", 01-10-13
• The 12-12-12 Sandy Benefit Concert: Following the Money, Forbes.com's "Philanthropy and Society", 12-18-12
• Obama's Inaugural Address and the Limits of Government, Forbes.com, 01-23-13
• "Charity Miles" Programs and their Lesson for Government , Forbes.com, 01-10-13
• The Dangers of Quasi-Capitalism, National Affairs, 01-07-13
• The Long-Term Threat to the Charitable Tax Deduction, Forbes.com, 12-14-12
• The 12-12-12 Sandy Benefit Concert: Following the Money, Forbes.com, 12-08-12
• More Independence, Greater Results, New York Times Room for Debate, 11-27-12
• 2012 Manhattan Institute Social Entrepreneurship Awards Honors C-SPAN's Brian Lamb, Huffington Post, 11-27-12
• From Prison to a Paycheck, Wall Street Journal, 08-04-12
• The Solyndra-ization of Philanthropy, Wall Street Journal, 10-28-11
• Disaggregating Public Purposes, Society, 08-19-11
• Disaggregating Public Purposes, Society, 07-20-11
• Nonprofits Help Keep Civil Society Running, Washington Examiner, 03-09-11
• Non-Profits And The State, National Affairs, 12-22-10
• Reinventing Public Housing, Washington Times, 11-08-10
• Making Second Chance Act Work For More Former Prisoners, Washington Examiner, 07-28-10
• Racing To Save ShoreBank, Spawn Of CRA, Investor's Business Daily, 05-14-10
• A Perilous 'Rescue' for NYC Housing, New York Post, 03-17-10
• A Conservative Agenda For Cities, Washington Examiner, 02-24-10
• What Works: Highlighting Urban Reforms, State Policy Network News, 12-10-09
• Reinventing Public Housing: Is the Atlanta Model Right for Your City?, CitiesOnAHill.org, 12-07-09
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Blog Postings:

• Forbes' Philanthropy and Society

Books

• America's Trillion-Dollar Housing Mistake: The Failure of American Housing Policy, 2003

Research

• Let’s Break Up the Big Cities Civic Bulletin 14, May 1998

Podcasts

• Mark Mills discusses his new report for The Center for Energy Policy and the Environment, "Unleashing the North American Energy Colossus: Hydrocarbons Can Fuel Growth and Prosperity.", 07-05-12
• Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Manhattan Institute senior fellow, and Howard Husock discuss her Issues 2012 paper, “Pipelines are Safest for Transportation of Oil and Gas.“, 06-18-12
• Herb London and Howard Husock discuss the recent AEI report, "College Rankings Inflation: Are You Overpaying for Prestige?", 06-18-12
• Robert Bryce, Senior Fellow at the Center for Energy Policy and the Environment, and Howard Husock discuss his issue brief, �Is There Still a Case for Coal?�, 06-01-12
• Herb London and Howard Husock talk about tenure in universities., 05-10-12
• Herb London and Howard Husock discuss the firing of Naomi Schaefer Riley., 05-09-12
• James Otteson and Howard Husock discuss Otteson's latest Issues 2012 report, "An Audacious Promise: The Moral Case for Capitalism.", 05-01-12
• Herb London and Howard Husock discuss the latest California Association of Scholars study on politicization of the universities., 04-12-12
• Herb London and Howard Husock discuss the controversy surrounding Rush Limbaugh's comments about Sandra Fluke and the resulting protests in Professor Steve Landsburg's classroom., 03-16-12
• Herb London and Howard Husock discuss the role of race in college admissions., 02-23-12
• Herb London and Howard Husock discuss the recent Claremont College SAT scandal., 02-23-12
• Herb London and Howard Husock discuss the important new Supreme Court case Fisher v. Texas and the role of race in college admissions., 02-23-12
• Herb London and Howard Husock discuss two situations in the United Kingdom and the controversial admission of political figures from the Middle East., 01-17-12
• Herb London discusses whether college and university presidents are paid too much with Howard Husock. - Part 1, 12-09-11
• Herb London discusses whether college and university presidents are paid too much with Howard Husock. - Part 2, 12-09-11
• Howard Husock discusses WorkFaith Connection with Barbara Elliott, one of the 2011 Social Entrepreneurship winners., 11-01-11
• Howard Husock discusses Improved Solutions for Urban Systems with Ann Higdon, one of the 2011 Social Entrepreneurship winners., 11-01-11
• Howard Husock discusses English at Work with Maile Broccoli-Hickey, one of the 2011 Social Entrepreneurship winners., 11-01-11
• Howard Husock discusses MedWish International with Dr. Lee Ponsky, one of the 2011 Social Entrepreneurship winners., 11-01-11
• Howard Husock discusses Glamour Gals with Rachel Doyle, one of the 2011 Social Entrepreneurship winners., 11-01-11
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Testimony

• Testimony by Howard Husock on How Housing Policy can Reduce Dependency---and Poverty, 08-01-12
• Testimony of Howard Husock before the Senate Judiciary Committee, 07-21-10

City Journal articles

• Reinventing Affordable Housing, 11 July 2012
• Back to the City, 15 June 2012
• The Myths of The Pruitt-Igoe Myth, 17 February 2012
• Nathan Glazer’s Warning, Summer 2011
• The Urban Crisis After 40 Years, Summer 2011
• Three Bedrooms, One Tenant, 21 June 2011
• Atlanta’s Public-Housing Revolution, Autumn 2010
• Housing as Busing, Autumn 2009
• Project Phaseout, 20 September 2009
• Jane Jacobs’s Legacy, 31 July 2009
• Slums of Hope, Winter 2009
• Build Big, Mr. President, 23 January 2009
• Notes on the Election, 7 November 2008
• The Financial Crisis and the CRA, 30 October 2008
• Wall Street Explodes, 1 October 2008
• Uplifting the “Dangerous Classes”, Winter 2008
• Sin of Omission, 13 November 2007
• A Grand Tax-Code Bargain, 13 July 2007
• The Compassion Gap, 18 January 2007
• Liberal Blinders, 8 September 2006
• More City Journal Articles >>