Kent W. Colton, Date of Birth

Kent W. Colton

American academic

Date of Birth: 21-Nov-1943

Profession: urban planner, landscape architect

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Kent W.
Colton (born November 21, 1943) is a senior research fellow in Housing Studies at the Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University.
He is also the president of The Colton Housing Group, a housing research and consulting company engaged in a wide range of housing and housing-finance activities.
Colton has more than 30 years of experience as a housing scholar and expert in the field of mortgage finance and housing policy.
In describing Colton, former HUD Secretary, Henry Cisneros said "Over the decade of a distinguished career in the housing field -- in academic research and housing advocacy, in designing public policy and supporting private sector production -- Colton has developed helpful prescriptives concerning the substance and the pathways of housing policy.
More importantly for our nation's future, he is able to look ahead and establish guideposts for prospective housing initiatives.