Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Housing Policy

Barbara Sard

Sard has been the Center's Director of Housing Policy since 1997. The housing work of the Center is focused primarily on the intersection of housing and welfare reform at the national, state, and local levels.

Sard's work focuses on low-income housing policy, particularly housing voucher program and admission to subsidized housing.

Sard is frequently cited in media outlets, including The Washington Post, New York Times, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and Associated Press.

Prior to working at the Center, Barbara was the Senior Managing Attorney of the Housing Unit at Greater Boston Legal Services, where she worked for more than 19 years.

She has written extensively on welfare, homelessness and housing issues and is considered a leading expert on tenant-based rental assistance and issues concerning admissions to subsidized housing programs.

Sard has a B.A. in Social Studies from Radcliffe College/Harvard University and a J.D. from the Harvard Law School. Sard works out of Boston, but can be reached through the Center.

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