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One-third of Mass. residents struggle with hunger, new report finds
AUTHOR: Boston Globe
YEAR: 2023
DESCRIPTION:
The Greater Boston Food Bank report shows that in 2022, 1 in 3 adults in Massachusetts had limited or uncertain access to adequate food, while 20%
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Snapshot of Race and Home Buying in America
AUTHOR: National Association of REALTORS® Research Group…
YEAR: 2023
DESCRIPTION:
In 2022, housing affordability reached historic lows due to rising rates and home prices, forcing many buyers out of the market.
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The PolicyLink Housing Justice Narrative Toolkit
AUTHOR: Housing Justice Narrative Intitative
YEAR: 2023
DESCRIPTION:
The Housing Justice Narrative Toolkit offers a scaffolding for us to stay centered in the future we are reimagining.
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The PolicyLink Housing Justice Narrative Toolkit
AUTHOR: Housing Justice Narrative Intitative
YEAR: 2023
DESCRIPTION:
The Housing Justice Narrative Toolkit offers a scaffolding for us to stay centered in the future we are reimagining.
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Principles for Using Public Health Data to Drive Equity
AUTHOR: CDC Foundation
YEAR: 2022
DESCRIPTION:
With the emergence of COVID-19 and its devastating and disparate impacts on communities, researchers and public health practitioners are recognizin
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Emergency Rental Assistance: A Blueprint for a Permanent Program
AUTHOR: NLIHC Erase Team
YEAR: 2022
DESCRIPTION:
This report examines the implementation of the U.S.
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How racial bias in appraisals affects the devaluation of homes in majority-Black neighborhoods
AUTHOR: Jonathan Rothwell and Andre M. Perry
YEAR: 2022
DESCRIPTION:
Previous Brookings research found that homes are undervalued in majority-Black neighborhoods, yet could not identify why.
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Massachusetts Municipal DEI Coalition's DEI Guide
AUTHOR: Massachusetts Municipal DEI Coalition
YEAR: 2022
DESCRIPTION:
Since the summer of 2020, many municipal governments have created or strengthened diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts.
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Medicaid as a Multiplier
AUTHOR: LISC
YEAR: 2022
DESCRIPTION:
In the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic not only brought longstanding health inequities to greater awareness, but also exacerbated them, to dev
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Developing a Theory of Change
AUTHOR: Annie E. Casey Foundation
YEAR: 2022
DESCRIPTION:
IN THIS THEORY OF CHANGE REPORT, YOU'LL LEARN
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The State of Nation's Housing 2022
AUTHOR: Joint Center for Housing Harvard
YEAR: 2022
DESCRIPTION:
After a record-shattering year in 2021, the housing market is at an inflection point.
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Centering Equity through Flexible, Reliable Funding
AUTHOR: Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
YEAR: 2022
DESCRIPTION:
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations is a community of funders committed to transforming philanthropic culture and practice by connecting member
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Representation in the Housing Process: Best Practices for Improving Racial Equity
AUTHOR: Katherine Levine Einstein and Maxwell Palmer
YEAR: 2022
DESCRIPTION:
The political process required to build housing in many communities obstructs the construction of all types of housing–affordable and market-rate.
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Avoiding the Glass Cliff
AUTHOR: Building Movement Project
YEAR: 2022
DESCRIPTION:
Too many boards and organizations have not done the work of building an organizational culture that centers racial equity prior to hiring a new lea
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Beyond Public Housing: How Public Housing Authorities Are Transforming the Way They Preserve and Expand Their Housing Stock
AUTHOR: Public and Affordable Housing Corporation
YEAR: 2022
DESCRIPTION:
In light of growing PHA involvement in development through RAD, this report describes the tools available to PHAs that want to build and preserve a
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The Emergence and Evolution of Problematic Properties
AUTHOR: Boston Area Research Initiative
YEAR: 2022
DESCRIPTION:
Scholars and practitioners have paid increasing attention to problematic properties, but little is known about how they emerge and evolve.
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Gambling with Homes, or Investing in Communities
AUTHOR: LISC
YEAR: 2022
DESCRIPTION:
Housing speculation has been broadly understood to be a major driver of displacement and hardship for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC
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The Impact of Climate Change: Why Older Adults are Vulnerable
AUTHOR: Sustainable Solutions Lab
YEAR: 2022
DESCRIPTION:
Older adults in communities of color and those receiving long-term support and services face different risks from climate change.
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Equitable Pathways to Small Business Recovery
AUTHOR: LISC and Next City
YEAR: 2022
DESCRIPTION:
Using this framework, the playbook describes actions that can be taken around
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Behavioral Health During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Update on Need and Access in Massachusetts 2020/2021
AUTHOR: Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts
YEAR: 2022
DESCRIPTION:
The findings from this study serve as a baseline for identifying issues, needs, and experiences to monitor and address as the
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Choosing Integration: A Discussion Paper and Policy Primer
AUTHOR: MassINC
YEAR: 2022
DESCRIPTION:
Massachusetts public schools are highly segregated by race, ethnicity, and income. This condition is largely a choice.
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America's Rental Housing 2022
AUTHOR: Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University…
YEAR: 2022
DESCRIPTION:
Rental housing demand came roaring back in the second year of the pandemic, reducing vacancy rates and driving up rents.
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The Relational Work of Systems Change
AUTHOR: Katherine Milligan, Juanita Zerda & John Kania…
YEAR: 2022
DESCRIPTION:
Sometimes we lose sight of a simple truth about systems: They are made up of people.
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Transitioning to Homeownership: Asset Building for Low- and Moderate-Income Households
AUTHOR: Arthur Acolin
YEAR: 2021
DESCRIPTION:
This article assesses the asset building of households that take part in shared-equity homeownership (SEH) models.
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