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Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Impact in Massachusetts
AUTHOR: The ACTION Campaign
YEAR: 2016
DESCRIPTION:
This is a one-page flyer detailing the impact of LIHTC in Massachusetts as well as some of the housing needs that still remain.
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Health in Housing: Exploring the Intersection between Housing and Health Care
AUTHOR: Center for Outcomes Research and Education
YEAR: 2016
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This study, conducted by the Center for Outcomes Research & Education (CORE), directly explores the link between affordable housing and health
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Cities Developing Worker Co-ops: Efforts in Ten Cities
AUTHOR: Michelle Camou
YEAR: 2016
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In recent years, city governments have begun to help develop worker cooperative businesses in their local economies, a deliberate action to make ec
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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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Voices of Nonprofit Board Chairs
AUTHOR: Judy Freiwirth, Psy.D.
YEAR: 2016
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This report reflects the voices of 635 nonprofit board chairs a
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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
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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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The State of the Nation's Housing
AUTHOR: Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
YEAR: 2016
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Annual report from Harvard JCHS shows trends in the housing market including rental and homeownership rates, as well as the need for affordable hou
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Unaffordable and Unsustainable: The New Business Lending
AUTHOR: Opportunity Fund
YEAR: 2016
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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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How Housing Matters
AUTHOR: MacArthur Foundation
YEAR: 2016
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Report reveals that for a significant percentage of Americans think that housing affordability is a serious problem, that more can be done to addre
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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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Building for the Middle: Housing Greater Boston's Workforce
AUTHOR: Urban Land Institute
YEAR: 2016
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Report examines the state of middle income housing in the Greater Boston area, noting that the availability of housing does not meet the demand, an
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CRA for Mortgage Lenders in Massachusetts, 2008-2015
AUTHOR: Massachusetts Community & Banking Council
YEAR: 2016
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Report analyzes the outcomes of 2007 Massachusetts law that requires licensed mortgage lenders to meet CRA-like requirements when originating resid
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From Urban Renewal to Affordable Housing Production System: Boston Mayors and the Evolution of Community Development Corporations in Boston
AUTHOR: Karl Seidman, Tunney Lee and Elise Selinger, MIT…
YEAR: 2016
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Report reviews the history of the Community Development Corporation (CDC) ecosystem in Boston, a model that emerged in a response to the displacem
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A Systematic Review of Health Impact Assessments on Housing Decisions and Guidance for Future Practice
AUTHOR: National Center for Healthy Housing and National…
YEAR: 2016
DESCRIPTION:
Report reviews forty housing health impact assessments in the United States, providing guidance for future health impact assessments of housing pro
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The Walk-Up Wake Up Call: Boston
AUTHOR: By Christopher B. Leinberger & Patrick Lynch, The…
YEAR: 2016
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Report outlines the characteristics of different types of walkable neighborhoods in the Greater Boston area and makes the case for improving walkab
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Gentrification and Displacement: An Agenda for Addressing Gentrification and Addressing Displacement
AUTHOR: Gentrification Learning Community
YEAR: 2016
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This report outlines the strategies and solutions to the problems created by gentrification in the Greater Boston area as determined by The Gentrif
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Incarceration Trends in Massachusetts: Long Term Increases, Recent Progress
AUTHOR: Jeff Bernstein, MassBudget
YEAR: 2016
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Report reviews trends in incarceration rates, noting that while there are three times more people are in prison today than in 1980, recent reforms
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How Investing in Housing Can Save on Healthcare
AUTHOR: Lisa Sturtevant and Janet Viveiros, National Housing…
YEAR: 2016
DESCRIPTION:
Report makes the case for how investing in housing can reduce healthcare costs, given that under the Affordable Care Act, there are opportunities a
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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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Leveraging the Social Determinants of Health: What Works?
AUTHOR: Prepared for the Blue Cross Blue Shield of…
YEAR: 2015
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Social determinants of health, which encompass social, behavioral and environmental influences on one’s health, have taken center stage in recent h
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From Youth Organizers to Social Justice Activists? Experiences of Youth Organizers Transitioning to Adulthood
AUTHOR: The Boston Youth Justice Research Project at The…
YEAR: 2015
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Report explores the adult outcomes of youth community organizing alumni in Boston.
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Changing Patterns XXII: Mortgage Lending to Traditionally Underserved Borrowers & Neighborhoods in Boston, Greater Boston and Massachusetts
AUTHOR: Jim Campen, UMass Boston on behalf of the…
YEAR: 2015
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Report examines data on mortgage lending by various factors including borrower race and income, as well as neighborhood and lending type.
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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
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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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