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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.
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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.
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Partnering with CDFIs: Catalysts for Sustainable Community Development
AUTHOR: Tim Cerebe
YEAR: 2017
DESCRIPTION:
The revitalization efforts in Roanoke’s West
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Fair Housing and Equity Assessment for Metropolitan Boston
AUTHOR: MAPC
YEAR: 2017
DESCRIPTION:
Home matters.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Fast Forward The Technology Revolution in Transportation and What it Means for Massachusetts
AUTHOR: Transportation for Massachusetts
YEAR: 2016
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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.
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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.
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Unaffordable and Unsustainable: The New Business Lending
AUTHOR: Opportunity Fund
YEAR: 2016
DESCRIPTION:
As banks have cut back on lending to small businesses, a new breed of predatory lenders have emerged who use loopholes in commercial loan regulatio
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The Effects of Skewed Growth on Household Incomes
AUTHOR: Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center
YEAR: 2016
DESCRIPTION:
This factsheet shows that starting in the late 1970s, income growth slowed for most Americans except for those at the highest income levels.
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Broad-Based Ownership Models as Tools for Job Creation and Community Development
AUTHOR: Marjorie Kelly, Steve Dubb, and Violeta Duncan for The…
YEAR: 2016
DESCRIPTION:
Report explores six different shared ownership models for businesses and community development that would improve inclusivity in America's economy
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Race to Equity: The State of Black Massachusetts
AUTHOR: Nicole Rodriguez, Colin Jones, and Nancy Wagman,…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report presents a snapshot of how Black communities and other communities of color are doing in terms of education, economic opportunity and health
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Too Good to be True? The Opportunity and Cost of the $1 Building
AUTHOR: Technical Development Corp, Kresge Foundation Arts…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report explores outcomes of acquiring "Dollar buildings," buildings obtained at a cost much lower than market rate for arts & culture organizat
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Tipping the Scale: How Assets Shape Economic Opportunity for Women and Families
AUTHOR: Brandeis Institute on Assets and Social Policy:…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report uses longitudinal data to examine how access to assets at the personal, institutional and neighborhood level affects economic outcomes for w
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Promoting Opportunity through Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (eTOD): Barriers to Success and Best Practices for Implementation
AUTHOR: Enterprise: John K. Hersey, Program Officer, Transit-…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report covers the barriers to equitable transit oriented development as well as case studies of successful collaborative efforts to achieve more eq
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