Chester W. Hartman (1936–2023) was an American urban planner, author, and academic.
He was also a Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington and the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam as well as founder and former chair of the Planners Network, a national organization of progressive planners and community organizers.
[2] Hartman has served on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Negro Education, Journal of Urban Affairs, Housing Policy Debate, Urban Affairs Quarterly, Housing Studies, and the National Low Income Housing Coalition, of which he is former Secretary.
[3] He has served as a consultant to numerous public and private agencies, including the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, the United States Commission on Civil Rights, Stanford Research Institute (now named SRI International), Arthur D. Little, California Rural Legal Assistance, the Urban Coalition, the California Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Legal Aid Society of New York.
[4] Hartman held a Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from Harvard University.