Reports

Building Communities of Promise and Possibility: State and Local Blueprints for Comprehensive Neighborhood Stabilization

AUTHOR: MACDC & MassINC

YEAR: 2019

DESCRIPTION:

In recent years, much attention has been trained on Greater Boston’s tight housing market and the increasingly severe difficulty residents have fin

The Arts Factor

AUTHOR: Arts Boston

YEAR: 2019

DESCRIPTION:

New research on the ways that the region’s nonprofit arts and cultural sector transforms lives, builds stronger communities, and strengthens the lo

Gentrification: Framing Our Perceptions

AUTHOR: Rachel Bogardus Drew

YEAR: 2018

DESCRIPTION:

While most urban scholars agree on a generic definition of gentrification – the change that occurs when a traditionally low-income neighborhood exp

Combating the Suburbanization of Poverty

AUTHOR: Congress for the New Urbanism

YEAR: 2017

DESCRIPTION:

The report, Combating the Suburbanization of Poverty, is full of information about poverty trends and remedies in suburban areas of King County, Wa

Building on What Works: Cross-Sector Community Development

AUTHOR: Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

YEAR: 2017

DESCRIPTION:

This issue of the Community Development Investment Review celebrates and builds on the themes of What Works and explores innovations and lessons le

CultureBank: A New Paradigm for Community Investment

AUTHOR: Penelope Douglas and David Erickson

YEAR: 2017

DESCRIPTION:

Building on the concept of creative placemaking, this paper presents an idea for a Community Development Financial Institution organized around art

Cities Alive: Towards a Walking World

AUTHOR: Arup

YEAR: 2017

DESCRIPTION:

The report demonstrates the significant social, economic, environmental and political benefits of walking.

With Tax Credit Future Unknown, New Mass. Affordable Housing Units Hang In The Balance

AUTHOR: WBUR

YEAR: 2017

DESCRIPTION:

NPR interviews Bart Mitchell, TCB president and CEO, on the change in value of Low Income Housing Tax Credits and its impact on affordable housing.

Protecting Families: A Photo Story About Supportive Housing

AUTHOR: Photography by Lydia Thompson & Writing by…

YEAR: 2017

DESCRIPTION:

A new photo essay depicts life for families served by The Connection’s supportive housing for families program.

Partnering with CDFIs: Catalysts for Sustainable Community Development

AUTHOR: Tim Cerebe

YEAR: 2017

DESCRIPTION:

The revitalization efforts in Roanoke’s West

Estimating Cost Reductions Associated with the Community Support Program for People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness

AUTHOR: Thomas Byrne, PhD; George Smart, LICSW

YEAR: 2017

DESCRIPTION:

A new study from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation and Pine Street Inn “demonstrates the importance of housing stability and case management as

Strengthening Housing Investments for Community Revitalization – A Multifaceted Research Study

AUTHOR: Keri-Nicole Dillman, PhD; CHAPA; DHCD;

YEAR: 2017

DESCRIPTION:

A new report, Strengthening Housing Investments for Community Revitalization: Research for Massachusetts Policy and Practice, concludes that enlist

The Asset Value of Whiteness: Understanding the Racial Wealth Gap

AUTHOR: Dēmos and the Institute for Assets and Social Policy…

YEAR: 2017

DESCRIPTION:

The Institute for Assets & Social Policy (IASP) at Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy and Management and Demos released a ne

Bridging the Divide: How Business Ownership Can Help Close the Racial Wealth Gap

AUTHOR: Joyce Klein, FIELD, The Aspen Institute

YEAR: 2017

DESCRIPTION:

Our nation faces significant challenges addressing the growing racial wealth gap.

State of the Dream 2017: Mourning in America

AUTHOR: United for a Fair Economy

YEAR: 2017

DESCRIPTION:

In 1984, the re-election campaign of Ronald

Fair Housing and Equity Assessment for Metropolitan Boston

AUTHOR: MAPC

YEAR: 2017

DESCRIPTION:

Home matters.

Ensuring Equitable Neighborhood Change: Gentrification Pressures on Housing Affordability

AUTHOR: Department of Housing and Urban Development

YEAR: 2016

DESCRIPTION:

This report reviews the recent research on the causes and consequences of gentrification and identifies key steps policymakers can take to foster n

Small Business Lending i n Massachusetts 2007–2015

AUTHOR: MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITY & BANKING COUNCIL

YEAR: 2016

DESCRIPTION:

The Massachusetts Community & Banking Council (MCBC) is pleased to offer Small Business Lending in Massachusetts, 2007-2015, its 18th report on

Residential Assistance for Families in Transition (RAFT) in Massachusetts

AUTHOR: Regional Housing Network of Massachusetts

YEAR: 2016

DESCRIPTION:

The Residential Assistance for Families in Transition program is one of the largest homelessness and eviction prevention programs in the commonweal

CDFIs and Online Business Lending: A Review of Recent Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities

AUTHOR: Center for Impact Finance at the Carsey School of…

YEAR: 2016

DESCRIPTION:

The report, authored by Jack Northrup, Eric Hangen, an

Creating Inclusive High-Tech Incubators and Accelerators: Strategies to Increase Participation Rates of Women and Minority Entrepreneurs

AUTHOR: Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC)…

YEAR: 2016

DESCRIPTION:

Many high-tech incubator and accelerator leaders convey that they would like to become more inclusive, but that they are unsure of how to do so eff

Fast Forward The Technology Revolution in Transportation and What it Means for Massachusetts

AUTHOR: Transportation for Massachusetts

YEAR: 2016

DESCRIPTION:

U.S. and MA Households Make Meaningful Gains in 2015

AUTHOR: Mass Budget and Policy Center

YEAR: 2016

DESCRIPTION:

The new American Community Survey (ACS) data presents a mixed picture of poverty in Massachusetts.

Income Growth and Gateway Cities: What Happened, and Is There a Path Back to Broadly Shared Prosperity?

AUTHOR: Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center

YEAR: 2016

DESCRIPTION:

Since the mid 1970's, incomes in Massachusetts' gateway cities have not grown along with productivity as they had in the past.