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The Walk-Up Wake Up Call: Boston
AUTHOR: By Christopher B. Leinberger & Patrick Lynch, The…
YEAR: 2016
DESCRIPTION:
Report outlines the characteristics of different types of walkable neighborhoods in the Greater Boston area and makes the case for improving walkab
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Gentrification and Displacement: An Agenda for Addressing Gentrification and Addressing Displacement
AUTHOR: Gentrification Learning Community
YEAR: 2016
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This report outlines the strategies and solutions to the problems created by gentrification in the Greater Boston area as determined by The Gentrif
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Incarceration Trends in Massachusetts: Long Term Increases, Recent Progress
AUTHOR: Jeff Bernstein, MassBudget
YEAR: 2016
DESCRIPTION:
Report reviews trends in incarceration rates, noting that while there are three times more people are in prison today than in 1980, recent reforms
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How Investing in Housing Can Save on Healthcare
AUTHOR: Lisa Sturtevant and Janet Viveiros, National Housing…
YEAR: 2016
DESCRIPTION:
Report makes the case for how investing in housing can reduce healthcare costs, given that under the Affordable Care Act, there are opportunities a
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Broad-Based Ownership Models as Tools for Job Creation and Community Development
AUTHOR: Marjorie Kelly, Steve Dubb, and Violeta Duncan for The…
YEAR: 2016
DESCRIPTION:
Report explores six different shared ownership models for businesses and community development that would improve inclusivity in America's economy
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Leveraging the Social Determinants of Health: What Works?
AUTHOR: Prepared for the Blue Cross Blue Shield of…
YEAR: 2015
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Social determinants of health, which encompass social, behavioral and environmental influences on one’s health, have taken center stage in recent h
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From Youth Organizers to Social Justice Activists? Experiences of Youth Organizers Transitioning to Adulthood
AUTHOR: The Boston Youth Justice Research Project at The…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report explores the adult outcomes of youth community organizing alumni in Boston.
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Changing Patterns XXII: Mortgage Lending to Traditionally Underserved Borrowers & Neighborhoods in Boston, Greater Boston and Massachusetts
AUTHOR: Jim Campen, UMass Boston on behalf of the…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report examines data on mortgage lending by various factors including borrower race and income, as well as neighborhood and lending type.
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Race to Equity: The State of Black Massachusetts
AUTHOR: Nicole Rodriguez, Colin Jones, and Nancy Wagman,…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report presents a snapshot of how Black communities and other communities of color are doing in terms of education, economic opportunity and health
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Too Good to be True? The Opportunity and Cost of the $1 Building
AUTHOR: Technical Development Corp, Kresge Foundation Arts…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report explores outcomes of acquiring "Dollar buildings," buildings obtained at a cost much lower than market rate for arts & culture organizat
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The New Now: Working Together for Social Change
AUTHOR: Building Movement Project
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report highlights case studies of how LGBT movements have become intersectional and expanded to advocate for other issues like immigration, police
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Tipping the Scale: How Assets Shape Economic Opportunity for Women and Families
AUTHOR: Brandeis Institute on Assets and Social Policy:…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report uses longitudinal data to examine how access to assets at the personal, institutional and neighborhood level affects economic outcomes for w
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Promoting Opportunity through Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (eTOD): Barriers to Success and Best Practices for Implementation
AUTHOR: Enterprise: John K. Hersey, Program Officer, Transit-…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report covers the barriers to equitable transit oriented development as well as case studies of successful collaborative efforts to achieve more eq
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Demographics of Wealth: How Age, Education and Race Separate Thrivers from Strugglers in Today’s Economy
AUTHOR: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
YEAR: 2015
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Drawing from the Federal Reserve’s triennial Survey of Consumer Finances, which includes data from over 40,000 families (spanning 1989 to 2013), th
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Federal Housing Assistance for Low-Income Households
AUTHOR: Congressional Budget Office
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report shows how housing assistance for low-income households from the federal government has remained flat since 2003
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Projecting Trends in Severely Cost-Burdened Renters: 2015-2025
AUTHOR: Enterprise, Joint Center for Housing Studies of…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report projects that the number of households spending at least 50% of their income on rent is expected to rise from 11.8 million to 13.1 million b
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Weathering the Great Recession: A CDFI Case Study in Patient Capital
AUTHOR: Kimberly Latimer-Nelligan, Low Income Investment Fund…
YEAR: 2015
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Learn about how CDFIs have fared The Great Recession successfully, with a focus on the low income investment fund, a CDFI that practices a proactiv
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Architecture of Segregration: Civil Unrest, The Concentration of Poverty and Public Policy
AUTHOR: Paul A. Jargowsky
YEAR: 2015
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Report shows how concentration of poverty has doubled since 2000, especially among black communities, in small and medium sized metros across the c
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Making Inclusionary Housing More Flexible: Ideas for Urban Settings
AUTHOR: Robert Hickey, National Housing Conference’s Center…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report gives recommendations for policies in urban settings to maintain the right balance between addressing housing needs and keeping affordabilit
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Priced Out: Persistence of the Workforce Housing Gap in the Boston Metro Area
AUTHOR: Urban Land Institute: Terwilliger Center for Workforce…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report explores the shortage of workforce housing in the Boston area- housing affordable to those earning 60 to 100 percent of the area median inco
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The Impacts of Affordable Housing on Health: A Research Summary
AUTHOR: Center for Housing Policy
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report summarizes research on how access to affordable housing postively impacts health through added income, a healthy environment, increased stab
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The State of the Nation's Housing 2015
AUTHOR: Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report looks at current state of housing market in the US.
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Compounding Stress: The Timing and Duration Effects of Homelessness on Children's Health
AUTHOR: Center for Housing Policy and Children's Health…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report summarizes research showing how the stress of homelessness during both pregnancy and early childhood can lead to stress related chronic dise
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Affordable Housing's Place in Healthcare
AUTHOR: Center for Housing Policy
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report covers opportunities for affordable housing developers created by Medicaid reform
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