Reports

Displaying 265 - 288 of 363

Image

Understanding Whom the LIHTC Program Serves
AUTHOR: U.S. Dept of Housing and Urban Development
YEAR: 2014
DESCRIPTION:
Report provides state-by-state economic and demographic data on residents of LIHTC units as of December 2012.
Get the Report
Image

Small Business Lending in Massachusetts 2007-2013
AUTHOR: Stuart Ryan, Massachusetts Community and Banking…
YEAR: 2014
DESCRIPTION:
In its sixteenth annual report, MCBC provides information on small business lending in Massachusetts with an emphasis on low-income and traditional
Get the Report
Image

Is the HOME Program Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing?
AUTHOR: Ebony Gayles and Silva Mathema, Poverty and Race…
YEAR: 2014
DESCRIPTION:
Report reviews the fair housing outcomes of the HOME program in terms of race and poverty equity, and gives recommendations for changes to the prog
Get the Report
Image

The Alignment Project: Aligning Federal Low Income Housing Programs with Housing Need
AUTHOR: National Low Income Housing Coalition
YEAR: 2014
DESCRIPTION:
Report examines the extent to which federal low income housing programs serve extremely low income households
Get the Report
Image

White Paper on Rural Housing Issues in Massachusetts
AUTHOR: Massachusetts Housing Partnership
YEAR: 2014
DESCRIPTION:
Report highlights the challenges of and recommendations for building safe, decent and affordable housing in rural Massachusetts
Get the Report
Image

Building on Success: State Action Plan for Creating 1,000 New Units for Supportive Housing in Massachusetts
AUTHOR: Massachetts Interagency Housing Steering Committee…
YEAR: 2014
DESCRIPTION:
Report outlines the progress the state of Massachusetts has made in building supportive housing.
Get the Report
Image

Building Sustainable Communities: Initial Research Results
AUTHOR: Christopher Walker, LISC
YEAR: 2014
DESCRIPTION:
Report from LISC shows that places where LISC invests, areas of comprehensive community development, are better places to live than similar communi
Get the Report
Image

Advancing Human Rights: A Status Report on Human Rights in the United States
AUTHOR: U.S. Human Rights Network
YEAR: 2014
DESCRIPTION:
This report provides an update on the status of human rights in the United States, from both policy and organizing standpoints
Get the Report
Image

The Impacts of Affordable Housing on Education: A Research Summary
AUTHOR: Center for Housing Policy
YEAR: 2014
DESCRIPTION:
This report summarizes research on how stable affordable housing improves educational outcomes of low-income communities
Get the Report
Image

Changing Patterns XXI: Mortgage Lending to Traditionally Underserved Borrowers & Neighborhoods in Boston, Greater Boston, and Massachusetts, 2013
AUTHOR: Jim Campen, UMass Boston
YEAR: 2014
DESCRIPTION:
This report, prepared for the Massachusetts Community and Banking Council, shows how Black and Latino borrowers are much more likely than other rac
Get the Report
Image

Lost in Place: Why the persistence and spread of concentrated poverty-not gentrification-is our biggest urban challenge
AUTHOR: Joe Cortright and Dillon Mahmoudi, City Observatory…
YEAR: 2014
DESCRIPTION:
This paper examines population change in America's poorest neighborhoods over the past four decades.
Get the Report
Image

From Poverty to Opportunity: The Challenge of Building a Great Society
AUTHOR: Mass Budget and Policy Center
YEAR: 2014
DESCRIPTION:
Report traces how the economic and policy changes since the la
Get the Report
Image

The Divided City and the Shape of the Metropolis
AUTHOR: Martin Prosperity Institute
YEAR: 2014
DESCRIPTION:
Analysis by urban theorist Richard Florida finds that residents in cities across t
Get the Report
Image

Housing Finance System: A Framework for Assessing Potential Changes
AUTHOR: United States Government Accountability Office
YEAR: 2014
DESCRIPTION:
Get the Report
Image

Massachusetts Transportation by the Numbers: Meeting the State's Need for Safe and Efficient Mobility
AUTHOR: TRIP
YEAR: 2014
DESCRIPTION:
Report highlights how inadequate transportation system in Massachusetts results in billions of dollars of costs to vehicles and in increased traffi
Get the Report
Image

Tackling the World's Affordable Housing Crisis
AUTHOR: McKinsey & Company
YEAR: 2014
DESCRIPTION:
Report outlines market based solutions to the affordable housing crisis in 2,400 cities around the world in order to narrow the affordable housing
Get the Report
Image

The Equity Solution: Racial Inclusion is Key to Growing a Strong Economy
AUTHOR: Sarah Treuhaft, Justin Scoggins and Jennifer Tran,…
YEAR: 2014
DESCRIPTION:
This research report demonstrates how racial equity is not only a moral imperative, but an economic one, showing the economic losses that America h
Get the Report
Image

Creating Opportunity for Children: How Housing Location Can Make a Difference
AUTHOR: Barbara Sard and Douglas Rice
YEAR: 2014
DESCRIPTION:
Makes recommendations for federal assistance programs based on the finding that children who live in low poverty neighborhoods have better outcomes
Get the Report
Image

Housing a Changing City: Boston 2030
AUTHOR: Mayor Martin J. Walsh
YEAR: 2014
DESCRIPTION:
Mayor Marty Walsh releases his administration's plan to create enough housing to accommodate Boston's project population growth by 2030
Get the Report
Image

The State of Network Evaluation
AUTHOR: Network Impact and Center for Evaluation Innovation…
YEAR: 2014
DESCRIPTION:
This paper discusses why network evaluation is of increasing interest to funders and to practitioners, and offers the field’s current thinking on n
Get the Report
Image

Collective Insights on Collective Impacts
AUTHOR: Collective Impact Forum
YEAR: 2014
DESCRIPTION:
This diverse collection of essays delves into public policy, evaluation, sources of power, and community engagement.
Get the Report
Image

A Realistic Assessment of Housing Finance Reform
AUTHOR: Laurie S. Goodman, Urban Institute
YEAR: 2014
DESCRIPTION:
This report explores current housing reform proposals, and specifically the roles government and private capital would play in the housing finance
Get the Report
Image

Housing for America's Older Adults
AUTHOR: Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
YEAR: 2014
DESCRIPTION:
This report illustrates the need for housing among a growing older American adult population
Get the Report
Image

Connecting Youth and Strengthening Communities
AUTHOR: Opportunity Nation
YEAR: 2014
DESCRIPTION:
This report links civic engagement and volunteerism to positive outcomes for at-risk and low income youth and the economic health of states.
Get the Report

Filter By Learning Area