Reports

#TalkPoverty National Toolkit

AUTHOR: Center for American Progress Action Fund

DESCRIPTION:

This toolkit provides several resources to help you take action with the media, other advocates, and your elected officials around the 50^th

Concentration of Poverty in the New Millenium

AUTHOR: Rutgers Center for Urban Research and Education…

DESCRIPTION:

This issue brief uses data from three waves of the American Community Survey (ACS) five-year census tract files to examine the resurgence of concen

Sustainable Development Principles

DESCRIPTION:

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall care for the built and natural environment by promoting sustainable developmentthrough integrated energy an

Impact of Affordable Housing on Families and Communities

AUTHOR: Enterprise

DESCRIPTION:

A review of the evidence base.

Bending the Cost Curve

AUTHOR: Urban Land Institute, Enterprise, Terwilliger Center…

DESCRIPTION:

Solutions to Expand the Supply of Affordable Rentals

Microenterprise Development as Job Creation

AUTHOR: Big Ideas for Jobs

DESCRIPTION:

Microenterprise development is a strategy with at least a 25-year history in the United States.

The Impact of Housing Vouchers on Crime in the US

AUTHOR: UCLA

DESCRIPTION:

This paper tests the common belief that subsidized housing contributes to higher crime rates.

Local & Regional Census Information - made easy!

AUTHOR: New England City Data

DESCRIPTION:

The tool uses 2000 and 2009 census data to compare the demographic characteristics of lower-income and higher-income neighborhoods within a city.

Boston History Made and To Be Made

AUTHOR: Lewis Finfer

DESCRIPTION:

A history of organizing in Boston.

Strategic Philanthropy

AUTHOR: Asset Funders Network

DESCRIPTION:

This paper illuminates why assets matter and how foundations across sectors are investing in asset building for greater collective impact.