He said he finds it hard to believe HAND cannot find a central location other than PBH.
"In a university as large as Harvard, the fact that they haven't been able to find a central location other than PBH just means that they haven't looked," he said. "We're talking about two rooms."
But Skocpol said she believes PBHA has no right to complain about the allocation of the space because it was never used by the organization in the first place.
"I have been astounded at some of the things that the leaders of PBHA have said about the granting of an office to HAND," she said. "I find them shocking and selfish."
Skocpol called the PBHA officers' concern that members of the community will confuse the two organizations "condescending."
"It assumes people in the community can't get it straight about what person to call," she said. "There has been no evidence of actual problems.