Research and Reports August 11, 2003 NOTE: Resources are often provided in PDF (Portable Document Format) files, which can be viewed or printed using your Web browser and Adobe's Acrobat Reader software. Macintosh and Windows versions of Acrobat Reader may be downloaded free of charge by clicking on the Acrobat Reader icon. The following reports have been prepared by organizations other than CHAPA. For a list of CHAPA publications, click here. Ten Principles for Successful Development Around Transit (PDF file) Urban Land Institute August 2003 "America's Newest Working Families: Cost, Crowding and Conditions for Immigrants" (PDF file) Center for Housing Policy/National Housing Conference July 2003 The Earned Income Tax Credit as an Instrument of Housing Policy (PDF file) by Michael A. Stegman, Walter R. Davis, and Roberto Quercia The Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy June 2003 The State of the Nation's Housing 2003 (PDF file) Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University June 24, 2003 Governor's Task Force Report on 40B (PDF file) Go to DHCD's website to read the appendices. June 12, 2003 Public Housing Operating Cost Study (PDF file) Harvard University Graduate School of Design Released June 6, 2003 Paycheck to Paycheck: Wages and the Cost of Housing in America, 2001 National Housing Conference June 2003 Housing Needs Workbook: Assessing Community Housing Needs (PDF file) Massachusetts Housing Partnership May 2003 Promise and Challenge: Achieving Regional Equity in Greater Boston (PDF file) PolicyLink, May 2003 The Self-Sufficiency Standard for Massachusetts Preface and Executive Summary (PDF file) Full report (PDF file) Appendix (PDF file) Women's Educational and Industrial Union April 2003 State Budget '03: The Perfect Storm...Unleashed Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation February 2003 The Boston Indicators Report 2002: Creativity and Innovation: A Bridge to the Future City of Boston, MAPC and The Boston Foundation February 2003 Trading Spaces: The Role of Taxes and Spending in the Fiscal Crisis (PDF file) Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center February 2003 Getting Home: Overcoming Barriers to Housing in Greater Boston by Pioneer Institute and Rappaport Institute January 30, 2003 Measuring Up: Taxes and Spending in Massachusetts FY 2000 (PDF file) Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center January 2003 A Status Report on Hunger and Homelessness in America's Cities 2002: A 25-City Survey (PDF file) The United States Conference of Mayors December 2002 Housing: the Key to Economic Recovery (PDF file) by The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Fall 2002 The NIMBY Report: Using Civil Rights Laws to Advance Affordable Housing (PDF file) National Low Income Housing Coalition Fall 2002 America's Working Families and the Housing Landscape 1997-2001 (PDF file) Center for Housing Policy/National Housing Conference November 2002 Smart Communities: Curbing Sprawl at its Core (PDF file) by Tony Proscio Published by LISC November 2002 Out of Reach Report, National Low Income Housing Coalition September 2002 Stemming the Tide: A Handbook on Preserving Subsidized Multifamily Housing Emily Achtenberg September 2002 Housing and Emergency Assistance Guides for Advocates Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless August 20, 2002 State of the Nation's Housing Report 2002 (PDF file) Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University (PDF file) July 1, 2002 National Seniors Commission Report June 30, 2002 Meeting Our Nation's Challenges (PDF file) Full Report of the Millenial Housing Commission June 12, 2002 The State of the American Dream in Massachusetts, 2002 Center For Labor Market Studies and MassINC May 2002 Race, Place, and Segregation: Redrawing the Color Line in Our Nation's Metros Professor Gary Orfield The Civil Rights Project, Harvard University May 2002 Increasing Access to Housing for Low-Income Families National Governor's Association April 2002 Housing Strategies to Strengthen Welfare Policy and Support Working Families (PDF file) by Barbara Sard and Margy Waller Center on Budget and Policy Priorities April 2002 Recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Panel on Housing Finance of the City of Boston (PDF file) March 2002 The Link Between Growth Management and Housing Affordability: The Academic Evidence (PDF file) The Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy February 2002 The Report of the Governor's Special Commission on Barriers to Housing Development Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development January 2002 Inclusionary Zoning: Lessons Learned in Massachusetts (PDF file) MA Housing Partnership Fund and the National Housing Conference January 2002 Home Ownership in Massachusetts: A New Assessment MassINC and The Center for Labor Market Studies of Northeastern University January 2002 "National Study on Rental Housing Costs" National Low Income Housing Coalition September 2001 The State of the Nation's Housing: 2001 (PDF file) Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University July 2001 New Century Housing: Paycheck to Paycheck: Working Families and the Cost of Housing in America (PDF file) By the National Housing Conference June 2001 MHP Housing Debate: Why are Massachusetts Home Prices So High? (PDF file) By Ed Moscovitch, PhD Spring 2001 The Family Self-Sufficiency Program: HUD's Best Kept Secret for Promoting Employment and Asset Growth by Barbara Sard Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Updated May 2001 Dealing with Neighborhood Changes: A Primer on Gentrification and Policy Choices The Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metro Policy and PolicyLink (PDF file) April 2001 Affordable Housing and Smart Growth: Making the Connection (PDF file) National Neighborhood Coalition 2001 "A Study of the Relationship Between Affordable Family Rental Housing and Home Values in the Twin Cities" Family" (PDF file) Family Housing Fund November 2000 A New Paradigm for Housing in Greater Boston (PDF file) The Center for Urban and Regional Policy, Northeastern University November 2000 A & F reports:"Bringing Down the Barriers: Changing Housing Supply Dynamics in Massachusetts" and "Moving Beyond Serving the Homeless to Preventing Homelessness" October 2000 Situation Critical Report 2000: Meeting the Housing Needs of Lower-Income Massachusetts Residents, Michael E. Stone, Elaine Werby, Donna Haig Friedman Center for Social Policy September 2000