Research and Reports
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The following reports have been prepared by organizations other than CHAPA. For a list of CHAPA publications, click here.
Out of Reach Report, 2007-2008 (NLIHC)
(PDF file)
National Low Income Housing Coalition
April 2008
Defaulting on the Dream: States Respond to America's Foreclosure Crisis
(PDF file)
PEW Charitable Trust
April 2008
Analyzing Affordability in Metropolitan Housing Markets
(PDF file)
Homes for Working Families
Posted April 2008, Report issued January 2008
The Effects of Inclusionary Zoning on Local Housing Markets: Lessons from the San Francisco, Washington DC and Suburban Boston Areas
Policy Brief (PDF File)
Working Paper (PDF File)
Furman Center for Real Estate & Urban Policy - New York University
April 2008
Following Through on Welfare Reform: How Savings Could Support Lower-Income Working Families
(PDF file)
Mass Budget and Policy Center
April 2008
The Hidden Housing Crisis: Worst Case Housing Needs Among Adults With Disabilities
(Word file)
Housing Task Force of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
March 2008
New Poll: More Personal, Less Policy Concern about Housing Affordability
(PDF file)
National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials: Housing America Campaign
March 2008
Changing Patterns XIV: Mortgage Lending to Traditionally Underserved Borrowers and Neighborhoods in Boston, Greater Boston and Massachusetts, 2006 (PDF File)
By Jim Campen for the Massachusetts Community and Banking Council
February 2008
Understanding Employer-Assisted Housing: A Guidebook for Employers
Homes for Working Families
February 2008
Paycheck to Paycheck Wage Database
Center for Housing Policy
February 2008
The Community Reivnestment Act: A Welcome Anamoly in the Foreclosure Crisis (PDF file)
Traiger and Hinckly LLP
January 2008
Policy Brief: Can Young Professionals Afford to Buy a Home in New England? (PDF file)
New England Public Policy Center
January 2008
Housing Vouchers are Critical for Ending Family Homelessness (PDF file)
The Homelessness Research Institute
January 2008
Federal Housing Subsidies: To Rent or To Own? (PDF file)
The Urban Institute
December 2007
U.S. Metro Economies: The Mortgage Crisis (PDF file)
The U.S. Conference of Mayors
November 2007
The American Dream Shattered: The Dream of Homeownership and the Reality of Predatory Lending (PDF file)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Office of the Attorney General Martha Coakley
November, 2007
Mass Jobs: Meeting the Challenges of a Shifting Economy (PDF file)
MassInc and the Center for Labor Market Studies
November, 2007
Delivering on the Promise of Inclusionary Zoning: Best Practices in Administration and Monitoring (PDF file)
PolicyLink
November, 2007
The Housing Landscape for America's Working Families
Center for Housing Policy (PDF File)
September 4, 2007
Land-Use Planning in the Doldrums: Growth Management in Massachusetts' I-495 Region (PDF file)
Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
September 2007
The State of Working Massachusetts 2007 (PDF file)
Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center
September 2007
The Massachusetts Community Preservation Act: Who Benefits, Who Pays?
Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
July 2007
Housing’s Contributions to the Nation’s Health and Education Objectives
Center for Housing Policy
July 26, 2007
The State of the Nation's Housing(PDF file)
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies Report
June 21, 2007
The Boston Indicators Project (TBF) -
June 21, 2007
MIT Center for Real Estate, Housing Conference Materials (Ch. 40B, affordability index, land density)
June 11, 2007
Affordable Housing Needs 2005: Report to Congress (PDF file)
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
May 2007
Restoring Prosperity: The State Role in Revitalizing America's Older Industrial Cities (PDF file)
The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program
May 2007
Mortgage Market Channels and Fair Lending: An Analysis of HMDA Data
(PDF file)
William Apgar, Amal Bendimerad, and Ren S. Essene
Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University
April 25, 2007
Revisiting Rental Housing Policy (PDF file)
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies Report
April 24, 2007
From Poverty to Prosperity: A National Strategy to Cut Poverty in Half (PDF file)
Report and Recommendations of the Center for American Progress Task Force on Poverty
April 2007
Report of the Mortgage Summit Working Groups: Recommended Solutions to Prevent Foreclosures and to Ensure Massachusetts Consumers Maintain the Dream of Homeownership (PDF file)
Massachusetts Division of Banks
April 11, 2007
Affordable Housing and Election '08: Polling Shows the Importance of Housing as an Election Issue (PDF file)
March 28, 2007
Transportation Finance in Massachusetts: An Unsustainable System (PDF file)
Findings of the Massachusetts Transportation Finance Commission
March 28, 2007
Reconnecting Massachusetts Gateway Cities: Lessons Learned and an Agenda for Renewal (PDF file)
MassINC and The Brookings Institution's Metropolitan Policy Program
February 2007
Achieving Access and Function in Affordable Housing in Massachusetts
Part One: A Developer's Overview
Part Two: State and Federal Code Comparison (PDF files)
Kessler McGuinness Associates, LLC with Technical Assistance Collaborative and Charleen Regan
February 2007
Increasing the Availability of Affordable Homes: A Handbook of High-Impact State and Local Solutions (PDF file)
Center for Housing Policy
February 2007
Rehabbing Urban Redevelopment (PDF file)
Center for Economic Opportunity Working Paper
By Jim Stergios, Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research
February 2007
Assessing the Economic Benefits of Public Housing (PDF file)
Council of Large Public Housing Authorities
January 2007
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