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Effect of QAP Incentives on the Location of LIHTC Properties
AUTHOR: Multidisciplinary Research Team, HUD
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report looks at how states' Qualified Allocation Plans affect the distribution of Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) developments
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Embracing Equity in Community Health Improvement
AUTHOR: Health Resources in Action, Laurie Stillman, MM, and…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report provides an equity framework for community organizations and health organizations working on community health improvement.
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The High Public Cost of Low Wages
AUTHOR: UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report examines the link between low wages, reduced employer provision of health insurance and the use of public benefit programs.
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Out of Reach 2015: Low Wages and High Rents Lock Renters Out
AUTHOR: National Low Income Housing Coalition
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report compares rental housing prices with low-income wages across the United States.
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Consumers and Mobile Financial Services 2015
AUTHOR: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report covers consumer behavior of using mobile banking across the United States
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The Neighborhood Stabilization Loan Fund: Meeting the Challenge of Bringing Massachusetts Back to Life
AUTHOR: Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report reviews the outcomes and lessons learned from the Neighborhood Stabilization Loan Fund (NSLF), a program designed to address the foreclosure
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Increasing Local Food Procurement by Massachusetts State Agencies
AUTHOR: Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report contains policy recommendations to make it easier for state agencies to source food from local producers
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Scrimping + Saving: A report on financial access, attitudes and behaviors of low- and moderate-income Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
AUTHOR: National CAPACD
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report looks at financial capability and access of low-income Asian American communities in the United States
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#BlackWorkersMatter
AUTHOR: Discount Foundation and Neighborhood Funders Group…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
This six section report covers the history of black worker organizing, the black jobs crisis and recommendations to improve the economic prosperity
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Exploring the Economic and Health Impacts of Local Food Procurement
AUTHOR: Crossroads Resource Center and Illinois Public Health…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report compiles research and case studies to examine the economic and health impacts of the local food sourcing movement on communities.
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Building Sustainable Communities: Integrated Services and Improved Financial Outcomes for Low-Income Households
AUTHOR: Local Initiatives Support Corporation
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
In this report LISC examines the impact of its financial opportunity centers, which include bundled services that focused on employment, income sup
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Low-Income Working Families: Racial/Ethnic Divide
AUTHOR: The Working Poor Families Project
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report looks at the growing economic divide between America's major racial groups, showing that famillies headed by racial and ethnic minorities ar
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Secure Jobs for Homeless Families
AUTHOR: Institute on Assets and Social Policy, Brandeis…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Policy brief covers changes and challenges to the
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The Evaluation of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program
AUTHOR: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report by HUD evaluates the outcomes of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, a program designed to address the consequences of the housing marke
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The Route to Growth: Capacity Investments Critical for Region's Future
AUTHOR: Transportation for Massachusetts
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Brief notes the importance of capacity building in the MBTA to ensure the long term economic growth of the region
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The State of Homelessness in America
AUTHOR: National Alliance to End Homelessness
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report details national and state trends in homelessness and in populations at-risk of homelessness in 2013 and 2014.
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Financial Empowerment in a Thriving Community Development Network
AUTHOR: NACEDA
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report showcases how community development associations throughout the country engage in financial empowerment
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Investing in Integration? A Fair Housing Review of the Multi-Billion Dollar Bank Settlements
AUTHOR: Poverty & Race Research Action Council
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
This policy brief examines the three recent multi-billion dollar settlements reached by the U.S. government with J.P.
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The Color of Wealth in Boston
AUTHOR: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report looks at wealth among Boston's racial and ethnic communities to show how wealth inequality disproportionately affects Boston's different sub
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CDFIs Stepping Into the Breach: An Impact Evaluation- Summary Report
AUTHOR: Michael Swack, Eric Hangen and Jack Northup,…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report examines the outcomes of CDFIs across the country and finds that they move capital to distressed communities much more than other lenders an
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Analyzing the Governor's Budget for FY15
AUTHOR: MassBudget
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Analyzes the governor's proposed budget and its potential impact on low income workers, education, the environment, health and other services.
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What Shapes Health
AUTHOR: NPR, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Harvard T.H. Chan…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report covers Americans' beliefs, opinions and values around health
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The Racial Wealth Gap: Why Policy Matters
AUTHOR: ISP, Brandeis University and Demos
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report provides a systemic analysis of the public policies that offer the most potential for reducing the racial wealth gap
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Housing Spotlight: Affordable Housing is Nowhere to be Found for Millions
AUTHOR: National Low Income Housing Coalition
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report addresses the severe lack of housing for extremely low income families across America by quantifying the gap between the supply of housing
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