Understanding Boston:
Housing & Community Development
Affordable housing and clean safe communities are top priorities for the Boston Foundation. Every year, the Foundation—in partnership with the Center for Urban and Regional Planning at Northeastern University—publishes the Housing Report Card, which tracks progress made in housing starts, rental units and other trends.
The Foundation also convenes the Commonwealth Housing Task Force, a group of housing experts that drafted groundbreaking legislation to promote Smart Growth housing in Massachusetts. The landmark Smart Growth Housing Act (Chapter 40R), was passed in 2004, and the next year, the Smart Growth School Reimbursement Act (Chapter 40S) was passed. Already 16 communities have approved Smart Growth districts that will add some 5,600 units of new housing, with 30 more towns in the pipeline.
Learn about the Boston Foundation’s grantmaking priorities in Housing and Community Development.
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Housing & Community Development Spotlight:
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Boston Foundation releases Greater Boston Housing Report card for 2006-2007 The fifth annual survey of the state of housing in Greater Boston provides a sobering overview of the region’s economy at a time when stresses—eroding home values, a tighter mortgage market, flat or falling incomes and a sharp decline in housing starts—add up to a “perfect housing storm,” according to Barry Bluestone, a co-author of the report. |  |
Indicators-related research:
October
26, 2007
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26, 2007
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December
14, 2006
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14, 2006
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14, 2006 |
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Recent Housing & Community Development Reports:
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This third and final evaluation report provides invaluable information not only about the impact of the Homelessness Prevention Initiative, but two other complimentary programs - RAFT and RAFT-Plus - and provides important contributions to the ongoing discussion about preventing homelessness.
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