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Creating Equitable, Healthy, and Sustainable Communities
AUTHOR: United States Environmental Protection Agency
YEAR: 2013
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Strategies for Advancing Smart Growth, Environmental Justice, and Equitable Development.
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The State of Housing in Black America
AUTHOR: The National Association of Real Estate Brokers…
YEAR: 2013
DESCRIPTION:
As this report demonstrates, the collapse of the housing market and subsequent recession has been particularly devastating to the Black community.
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Social Impact Investing and Community Development Corporations
AUTHOR: Bentley University
YEAR: 2013
DESCRIPTION:
An analysis for the benefit of MACDC on the threats and opportunities within the social impact investing market.
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Small Business Profile
AUTHOR: Office of Advocacy
YEAR: 2013
DESCRIPTION:
This profile uses the latest available data to illustrate the status of Massachusetts’s small businesses.
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After the Downturn: New Challenges and Opportunities for Inclusionary Housing
AUTHOR: Center for Housing Policy
YEAR: 2013
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This paper examines how inclusionary housing policies fared during the nation’s historic housing downturn, as well as the major issues and opportun
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The US Housing Shortage
AUTHOR: The Atlantic Magazine
YEAR: 2013
DESCRIPTION:
The U.S. Simply Doesn't Have Enough Available Rental Housing, Whether You're Rich or Poor
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Out of Reach Analysis
AUTHOR: Poverty and Race Research Action Council
YEAR: 2013
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Every year, the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) releases the Out of Reach report, which provides an important measure of how far the
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America's Rental Housing
AUTHOR: Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University…
YEAR: 2013
DESCRIPTION:
Evolving markets and needs.
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Reviewing State Housing Policy with a Child-Centered Lens: Opportunities for Engagement and Intervention
AUTHOR: Center for Housing Policy
YEAR: 2013
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This analysis provides a broad overview of state housing policy with a particular focus on policies that help remediate child poverty, promote fami
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Advocates Guide to Housing & Community Development Policy
AUTHOR: National Low Income Housing Coalition
YEAR: 2013
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The Advocates’ Guide to Housing and Community Development Policy is full of information on important programs that help meet the housing needs in o
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Does High Home-Ownership Impair the Labor Market?
AUTHOR: David Blanchflower, Andrew J. Oswald
YEAR: 2013
DESCRIPTION:
Our argument is not that owners themselves are disproportionately unemployed.
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Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress
AUTHOR: US Dep of Housing and Urban Development
YEAR: 2013
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This reports reviews the data on homelessness at a national level and makes policy recommendations to Congress
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CDCs and Health Initiatives
AUTHOR: Sahar Lawrence
YEAR: 2013
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The importance of place and health is seen in CDC efforts to work with residents to reduce crime and pollution while encouraging healthier living h
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Expanding the Market for Community Investment in the US
AUTHOR: Initiative for Responsible Investment, USSIF, Milken…
YEAR: 2013
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The report focuses on four investor groups: high-net worth individuals and family offices; philanthropic endowments; institutional investors, espec
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Do Foreclosures Affect Boston Public School Student Academic Performance?
AUTHOR: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
YEAR: 2013
DESCRIPTION:
This policy brief summarizes our research on the impact of mortgage foreclosures on academic performance among Boston public school students.
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Promoting Equity Through a HIA
AUTHOR: PolicyLink, Adler School, Human Impact Partners…
YEAR: 2013
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This report serves as a primer to demonstrate: 1) how HIA practitioners and equity advocates can ensure that the practice of HIA maintains a strong
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Hot Jobs 2013
AUTHOR: Crittenton Women's Union
YEAR: 2013
DESCRIPTION:
Promoting economic independence through informed career decisions.
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CRA Ratings of MA Banks, Credit Unions, and Licensed Mortgage Lenders
AUTHOR: Jim Campen
YEAR: 2013
DESCRIPTION:
Since 1991, the Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance (MAHA) has issued annual reports offering a comprehensive listing and analysis of all CRA
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Time to Act: Investing in the Health of Our Children and Communities
AUTHOR: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
YEAR: 2013
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In their search for solutions, the Commissioners found that there is much more to health than health care and that where we live, learn, work, and
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Valuing the Intersection Between Arts, Culture, and Community
AUTHOR: Lynn Stern
YEAR: 2013
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“Valuing the Intersection Between Arts, Culture, and Community: An Exchange of Research and Practice,” was a half-day gathering of thirty-five prac
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Stimulating Grocery Development in Massachusetts
AUTHOR: Massachusetts Grocery Access Task Force
YEAR: 2012
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Report makes recommendations for increasing access to healthy foods in Massachusetts given that the state is one of the lowest ranking in terms of
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Investing for What Works for America's Communities
AUTHOR: Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and The Low…
YEAR: 2012
DESCRIPTION:
This book addresses initatives in the community development sector to improve American communities
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Expanding Financial Opportunity: LISC's Experience With Scaling Up Financial Opportunity Centers
AUTHOR: Chris Walker, Dana Huff
YEAR: 2012
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In this paper we use a framework that Ratliff and Moy developed to understand the opportunities and challenges involved in scaling up the work of c
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Leadership & Networks: New Ways of Developing Leadership in a Highly Connected World
AUTHOR: Leadership Learning Community
YEAR: 2012
DESCRIPTION:
This report is written for those who run and fund leadership programs that develop and support leadership for social change.
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