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Deed-Restricted Homeownership 101: The Policy Tradeoff Between Long-Term Affordability and Individual Wealth Building
AUTHOR: Luc Schuster and Aja Kennedy
YEAR: 2025
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To help make homeownership attainable for families who might otherwise be priced out of the market, state and local governments in Massachusetts ha
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Wealth Gaps in the Golden Years: Economic Insecurity for Older Adults in a High-Cost State
AUTHOR: Kelly Harrington, Luc Schuster, and Laura D. Quinby…
YEAR: 2025
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Across the nation, many older adults struggle to make ends meet: the Elder Index from UMass Boston’s Gerontology Institute shows about 30 percent o
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Local Revenue is a Key Tool to Advance Housing Affordability
AUTHOR: Victoria DiLorenzo
YEAR: 2025
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In this new report, MassBudget Housing Analyst Victoria DiLorenzo discusses how municipal affordable housing trusts create and preserve affordable
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“To Live and Thrive” in Massachusetts: Native American Perspectives on Wealth
AUTHOR: J. Cedric Woods, Allison B. Taylor, and Phillip…
YEAR: 2025
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The racial wealth gap has gained significant attention recently, in both national and regional discussions, owing to the accumulating data that shi
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District Management for Downtown Vitality
AUTHOR: Ben Forman, Andre Leroux and Elise Rapoza
YEAR: 2024
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Commercial districts need a high volume of foot traffic to support thriving small businesses.
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Community Capital for Small Businesses
AUTHOR: Matt Brewster, Meaghan Phillips and Elise Rapoza…
YEAR: 2024
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Prepared in partnership with P2 Advisors, this new study explores small business lending services provided by federally certified Community Develop
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The State of the Nation’s Housing 2024
AUTHOR: Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University…
YEAR: 2024
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Homeowners and renters across the US are struggling with high housing costs.
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Out of Reach 2024: The High Cost of Housing
AUTHOR: National Low Income Housing Coalition
YEAR: 2024
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NLIHC released Out of Reach 2024: The High Cost of Housing on June 27.
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Affordable Homes Act
YEAR: 2023
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The Affordable Homes Bill is the largest housing investment of its kind in Massachusetts history, designed to meet the moment and meaningfully impa
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Brazilians in the U.S. and Massachusetts: A Demographic and Economic Profile
YEAR: 2023
DESCRIPTION:
Brazilians have a significant and growing presence in the United States.
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One-third of Mass. residents struggle with hunger, new report finds
AUTHOR: Boston Globe
YEAR: 2023
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The Greater Boston Food Bank report shows that in 2022, 1 in 3 adults in Massachusetts had limited or uncertain access to adequate food, while 20%
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Equitable Pathways to Small Business Recovery
AUTHOR: LISC and Next City
YEAR: 2022
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Using this framework, the playbook describes actions that can be taken around
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Improving Food and Nutrition Security During COVID-19, the Economic Recovery, and Beyond
AUTHOR: Bipartisan Policy Center
YEAR: 2021
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The Bipartisan Policy Center’s Food and Nutrition Security Task Force makes nine high-level policy recommendations to improve food and nutrition se
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Bridges to Career Opportunities
AUTHOR: LISC
YEAR: 2021
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Bridges to Career Opportunities (Bridges) is a LISC program that helps chronically unemployed and underemployed adults train for, land, and advance
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Impact in Place: Emerging Sources of Community Investment Capital and Strategies to Direct it at Scale
AUTHOR: Federal Reserve Bank of New York
YEAR: 2021
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The past year brought lightning-fast change to the community investment landscape.
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We Can Thrive Together: Visioning Economic Justice for All - Art & Discussion Guide
AUTHOR: The Opportunity Agenda and Amplifier
YEAR: 2021
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We believe that ending poverty is within our reach, and that we have both the power and responsibility to do so.
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The Color of the Capital Gap
AUTHOR: Boston Indicators
YEAR: 2021
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In The Color of the Capital Gap, produced by Boston Indicators, the Economic Inclusion Strategy team at the Boston Foundation and in partnership wi
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Rural Small Business Need Local Solutions to Survive
AUTHOR: Hanna Love and Mike Powe
YEAR: 2020
DESCRIPTION:
The COVID-19 small business crisis is prolonged and uneven, inflicting a disproportionate toll on microbusinesse
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Small Business Lending in Massachusetts 2008-2017
AUTHOR: Massachusetts Community & Banking Council (MCBC)…
YEAR: 2019
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The MCBC’s annual report on small business lending in Massachusetts provides information regarding small business lending patterns in Massachusetts
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Building Resiliency through Green Infrastructure
AUTHOR: Johanna Bozuwa
YEAR: 2019
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How investments in the green infrastructure needed for climate resiliency can be leveraged to build community wealth with worker cooperatives and s
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Our Homes, Our Future: How Rent Control Can Build Stable, Healthy Communities
AUTHOR: Amee Chew & Sarah Treuhaft
YEAR: 2019
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Amid the worst renter crisis in a generation, it is time for policymakers to respond to the call for rent contro
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