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The Growing Shortage of Affordable Housing for the Extremely Low Income in Massachusetts
AUTHOR: Nicholas Chiumenti
YEAR: 2019
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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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Advocates Guide 2019
AUTHOR: National Low Income Housing Coalition
YEAR: 2019
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Every year, the National Low Income Housing Coalition publishes the Advocates’ Guide to Housing and Community Development Policy to educate advocat
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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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Evaluating Empowerment Economics: A Preliminary Framework for Assessing Innovations in Financial Capability
AUTHOR: Jessica Santos & Meg Lovejoy; Institute on Assets…
YEAR: 2019
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Empowerment Economics is a multi-generational and culturally responsive approach to financial capability developed by and for low-income AAPIs and
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Race to Lead: Women of Color in the Nonprofit Sector
AUTHOR: Ofronama Biu, Senior Research Associate at Building…
YEAR: 2019
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This report reveals that women of color encounter systemic obstacles to their advancement over and above the barriers faced by white women and men
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The CEDAC Supportive Housing Data Collection Survey Tool
AUTHOR: CEDAC; Prepared by CSH: Chelsea Ross, Christi Staples…
YEAR: 2019
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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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Economic Mobility Services for Affordable Housing Residents Exploring Resident Services as a Vehicle for Economic Success
AUTHOR: Eric Tjon Burnstein, Megan Gallagher, Wilton Oliver…
YEAR: 2019
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As part of Enterprise’s emerging economic mobility initiative, the Urban Institute has released a research report, Economic Mobility Services for A
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Building Communities of Promise and Possibility: State and Local Blueprints for Comprehensive Neighborhood Stabilization
AUTHOR: MACDC & MassINC
YEAR: 2019
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In recent years, much attention has been trained on Greater Boston’s tight housing market and the increasingly severe difficulty residents have fin
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The Arts Factor
AUTHOR: Arts Boston
YEAR: 2019
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New research on the ways that the region’s nonprofit arts and cultural sector transforms lives, builds stronger communities, and strengthens the lo
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Housing and Health: An Overview of the Literature
AUTHOR: Lauren Taylor
YEAR: 2018
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The impact of housing on health is now being widely considered by policy makers.
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What to Know About ACOs: An Introduction to MassHealth Accountable Care Organizations
AUTHOR: Robert W. Seifert & Kelly Anthoula Love; Center…
YEAR: 2018
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The Massachusetts Medicaid program, MassHealth, introduced accountable care organizations (ACOs) for many of its members in March 2018.
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The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Rental Homes
AUTHOR: National Low Income Housing Coalition
YEAR: 2018
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The U.S.
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How are Massachusetts Community-Based Organizations Responding to the Health Care Sector's Entry into Social Determinants of Health?
AUTHOR: Elena Byhoff, MD, MSc Tufts Medical School Lauren A.…
YEAR: 2018
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This report aims to address this knowledge gap by summarizing the findings from a qualitative study that sought to better understand how CBOs are r
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Gentrification: Framing Our Perceptions
AUTHOR: Rachel Bogardus Drew
YEAR: 2018
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While most urban scholars agree on a generic definition of gentrification – the change that occurs when a traditionally low-income neighborhood exp
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The State of Zoning for Accessory Dwelling Units
AUTHOR: Pioneer Institute and Mass Smart Growth Alliance…
YEAR: 2018
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A review of
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Food at Home: Affordable Housing as a Platform to Overcome Nutritional Challenges
AUTHOR: Enterprise Community Partners
YEAR: 2018
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This report provides a series of actionable recommendations that demonstrate how affordable housing and housing
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Proven Local Strategies For Expanding the Supply of Affordable Homes and Addressing Cost Challenges
AUTHOR: Ahmad Abu-Khalaf , Enterprise Community Partners, Inc…
YEAR: 2018
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This white paper highlights proven local strategies for expanding the supply of affordable homes and addressing
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Strategies for Investing in Opportunity
AUTHOR: HIA Group
YEAR: 2018
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"Strategies for investing in Opportunity; An Assessment of the Assisted Housing Portfolio, Neighborhood Quality
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Climate Justice for the City of Boston: Visioning Policies and Processes
AUTHOR: Office of Boston City Council
YEAR: 2018
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This report by Graduate Fellow Christina Schlegel (Office of City Council President Michelle Wu) highlights the
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Redefining Sanctuary
AUTHOR: The Opportunity Agenda
YEAR: 2018
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This report is an analysis of public attitudes and media coverage of sanctuary jurisdictions and related immigra
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Forms: Whole, Rhythm, Hierarchy, Network
AUTHOR: Caroline Levine
YEAR: 2017
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Forms offers a powerful new answer to one of the most pressing problems facing literary, critical, and cultural studies today—how to connect
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Improving Community Health by Strengthening Community Investment: Roles for Hospitals and Health Systems
AUTHOR: Robin Hacke, Executive Director, Center for Community…
YEAR: 2017
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This paper is the result of interviews with a dozen such institutions, as well as a literature review that looked more broadly at social determinan
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Measuring Health Outcomes: Success Measures Evaluation Tools for Community Development and Health
AUTHOR: Jessica Mulcahy, Success Measures
YEAR: 2017
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This new toolkit, developed by Success Measures at NeighborWorks America, offers more than 65 data collection to
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Why disability rights are central to social justice work—and what we’re doing about it
AUTHOR: The Ford Foundation
YEAR: 2017
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This report takes a closer look at the importance of disability rights in the work being done by the Ford Foundation.
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