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Misdirected Housing Supports: Why the Mortgage Interest Deduction Unjustly Subsidizes High-Income Households and Expands Racial Disparities
AUTHOR: Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy…
YEAR: 2021
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The report examines who is likeliest to benefit from the $25 billion annual tax expenditure on the mortgage interest deduction embedded in the tax
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Our Homes, Our Communities: How Housing Acquisition Strategies Can Create Affordable Housing, Stabilize Neighborhoods, and Prevent Displacement
AUTHOR: James A. Crowder Jr., Chris Schildt, Rick Jacobus…
YEAR: 2021
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This report details strategies that cities can lead to creating equitable housing outcomes for residents by moving privately owned rental housing i
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The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes
AUTHOR: NLIHC
YEAR: 2021
DESCRIPTION:
This report details the shortage in affordable rental homes across the United States using geographic data by state.
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Housing Stability Resources and Eviction Prevention Response in a Pandemic
AUTHOR: Callie Clark and Clark Ziegler
YEAR: 2021
DESCRIPTION:
In Massachusetts, we are now facing two housing crises.
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The Impact of Home: Building to Opportunity, Health & Equity
AUTHOR: Nicole Manchester, Andrea Ponsor
YEAR: 2020
DESCRIPTION:
Home is the cornerstone of our identities and our well-being.
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Preserving Affordable Homes for Equitable, Healthy Communities
AUTHOR: Andrea Ponsor, Althea Arnold, Michael Bodaken
YEAR: 2020
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What Determines the Success of Housing Mobility Programs?
AUTHOR: Dionissi Aliprantis, Hal Martin, and Kristen Tauber…
YEAR: 2020
DESCRIPTION:
There
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HUD Historical and Archived Reports
AUTHOR: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development…
YEAR: 2020
DESCRIPTION:
Historical and Archived Reports
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Massachusetts Emergency Rental Assistance Programs in response to COVID-19
AUTHOR: CHAPA, DHCD, MHP
YEAR: 2020
DESCRIPTION:
In response to the COVID-19 health emergency, local governments across Massachusetts are seeking ways to help residents who have lost their jobs or
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Qualified Renters Need Not Apply Race and Voucher Discrimination in the Metro Boston Rental Housing Market
AUTHOR: The Boston Foundation, Suffolk University, Analysis…
YEAR: 2020
DESCRIPTION:
This study measures the levels of discrimination in the Greater Boston rental housing market based on race and income level.
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Crowded In and Priced Out: Why It’s so Hard to Find a Family-Sized Unit in Greater Boston
AUTHOR: MAPC Team: Tim Reardon, Director of Data Services…
YEAR: 2020
DESCRIPTION:
Finding a home to rent or buy in Greater Boston is stressful. Prices are high, available units are scarce, and competition is stiff.
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America's Rental Housing 2020
AUTHOR: Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University…
YEAR: 2020
DESCRIPTION:
Despite slowing demand and the continued strength of new construction, rental markets remain extremely tight.
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Can Medicaid Expansion Prevent Housing Evictions?
AUTHOR: Heidi L. Allen, Erica Eliason, Naomi Zewde, and Tal…
YEAR: 2019
DESCRIPTION:
Evictions are increasingly recognized as a serious concern facing low-income households.
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Massachusetts Age-Restricted Housing and Services
AUTHOR: MassHousing
YEAR: 2019
DESCRIPTION:
Pinpointing the Gaps Between Supply and Eligibility for Affordable Housing and Between Supply and Demand for Market Rate Housing
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Homeward Bound: The Road to Affordable
AUTHOR: National League of Cities (NLC)
YEAR: 2019
DESCRIPTION:
Housing is in a state of crisis in America — and cities, towns and villages are on the front lines.
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The Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2019
AUTHOR: Alicia Sasser Modestino, Clark Ziegler, Tom Hopper,…
YEAR: 2019
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The Greater Boston Housing Report Card serves as an annual assessment of housing conditions in Greater Bo
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Out of Reach 2019
AUTHOR: National Low Income Housing Coalition
YEAR: 2019
DESCRIPTION:
Out of Reach documents the significant gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing across t
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The State of Zoning for Multi-Family Housing In Greater Boston
AUTHOR: Amy Dain; Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance
YEAR: 2019
DESCRIPTION:
This report commissioned by the Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance provides a systematic assessment of the state of zoning for multi-family housin
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Building Black Homeownership Bridges
AUTHOR: Urban Institute: Alanna McCargo, Jung Hyun Choi, and…
YEAR: 2019
DESCRIPTION:
The persistent racial homeownership gap and related wealth gap, have been in focus for some time.
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The Growing Shortage of Affordable Housing for the Extremely Low Income in Massachusetts
AUTHOR: Nicholas Chiumenti
YEAR: 2019
DESCRIPTION:
This report examines existing shortages of affordable and available (AA) rental housing for ELI households at both the state and local levels.
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Our Homes, Our Future: How Rent Control Can Build Stable, Healthy Communities
AUTHOR: Amee Chew & Sarah Treuhaft
YEAR: 2019
DESCRIPTION:
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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The CEDAC Supportive Housing Data Collection Survey Tool
AUTHOR: CEDAC; Prepared by CSH: Chelsea Ross, Christi Staples…
YEAR: 2019
DESCRIPTION:
The report offers insight into the impact permanent supportive housing has on housing stability, employment and income, access to community health
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Housing and Health: An Overview of the Literature
AUTHOR: Lauren Taylor
YEAR: 2018
DESCRIPTION:
The impact of housing on health is now being widely considered by policy makers.
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The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Rental Homes
AUTHOR: National Low Income Housing Coalition
YEAR: 2018
DESCRIPTION:
The U.S.
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