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Guidebook for Building Regional Networks for Urban Sustainability 2.0
AUTHOR: The Urban Sustainability Directors Network and the…
YEAR: 2012
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This updated Guidebook 2.0 contains new lessons learned from regional networks of local government sustainability directors since the first edition
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Expanding Housing Opportunities through Inclusionary Zoning: Lessons from Two Counties
AUTHOR: US Dep of Housing and Urban Development
YEAR: 2012
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This pilot study examines how effective IZ programs are as a strategy to increase the supply of affordable housing and further other housing- and c
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The Housing Crisis for People with Disabilities
AUTHOR: Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc
YEAR: 2012
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Priced Out in 2012 compellingly illustrates the affordable housing crisis affecting millions of vulnerable people with serious and long-term disabi
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Safe, Stable Homes Mean Healthier Children and Families for MA
AUTHOR: Children's Healthwatc
YEAR: 2012
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Children’s HealthWatch research continues to demonstrate that while family homelessness has dramatic negative child health impacts, housing insecur
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Resident-Centered Community Building
AUTHOR: Aspen Institute
YEAR: 2012
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Guiding principles for individuals and organizations who support community change efforts.
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Determinants of Operating Expenses in Massachusetts Affordable Multifamily Rental Housing
AUTHOR: Jesse Elton, Harvard University Kennedy School of…
YEAR: 2011
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What factors are responsible for the variation in operating expenses across properties?This study employs regression analysis to quantify the impac
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Worst Case Housing Needs
AUTHOR: Dep of Housing and Urban Development
YEAR: 2011
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The forthcoming Worst Case Housing Needs 2011: Report to Congress will examine the causes of and trends in worst case needs for affordable rental h
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Managing Neighborhood Change: A Framework for Sustainable and Equitable Revitalization
AUTHOR: Alan Mallach, National Housing Institute
YEAR: 2008
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This report offers insight into how neighborhoods can leverage change to bring about equitable outcomes, including preventing the displacement of r
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Using Emergence to Take Social Innovations to Scale
AUTHOR: Margaret Wheatley
YEAR: 2006
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In spite of current ads and slogans, the world doesn't change one person at a time.
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Dealing with Neighborhood Change: A Primer on Gentrification and Policy Choices
AUTHOR: Brooking Institution Center for Urban and Metropolitan…
YEAR: 2001
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This paper reviews the history, perceptions and manifestations of gentrification in cities across the United States.
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The Time is Now: The $5.9 Billion Case for Massachusetts Health Equity Reform
AUTHOR: The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation…
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Racial and ethnic disparities in health care access, quality, and outcomes have been well documented in Massachusetts and across the country.
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NHPF Survey Compendium
AUTHOR: The NHP Foundation
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NHPF is a foremost thought leader in identifying affordable housing issues.
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Essential Shifts for a Thriving Nonprofit Sector
AUTHOR: Third Sector New England
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Based on a survey of nonprofit leaders, report makes recommendations for how nonprofits need to change to remain relevant and strong in the future
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Millennials are Driving Less than Previous Generations
AUTHOR: MASSPIRG
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So why are our leaders relying on outdated assumptions to shape our transportation policies?
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Poverty and Race Through a Belongingness Lens
AUTHOR: John A. Powell, Northwest Area Foundation
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This paper is about how to address poverty in the United States.
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#TalkPoverty National Toolkit
AUTHOR: Center for American Progress Action Fund
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This toolkit provides several resources to help you take action with the media, other advocates, and your elected officials around the 50^th
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Concentration of Poverty in the New Millenium
AUTHOR: Rutgers Center for Urban Research and Education…
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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
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Sustainable Development Principles
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall care for the built and natural environment by promoting sustainable developmentthrough integrated energy an
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Impact of Affordable Housing on Families and Communities
AUTHOR: Enterprise
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A review of the evidence base.
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Bending the Cost Curve
AUTHOR: Urban Land Institute, Enterprise, Terwilliger Center…
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Solutions to Expand the Supply of Affordable Rentals
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Microenterprise Development as Job Creation
AUTHOR: Big Ideas for Jobs
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Microenterprise development is a strategy with at least a 25-year history in the United States.
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The Impact of Housing Vouchers on Crime in the US
AUTHOR: UCLA
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This paper tests the common belief that subsidized housing contributes to higher crime rates.
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Local & Regional Census Information - made easy!
AUTHOR: New England City Data
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The tool uses 2000 and 2009 census data to compare the demographic characteristics of lower-income and higher-income neighborhoods within a city.
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Boston History Made and To Be Made
AUTHOR: Lewis Finfer
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A history of organizing in Boston.
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