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2005 Reports

State Policy in Practice: Massachusetts Supportive Housing Program
Rutgers Center for State Health Policy
January 2005

WHERE IS WORKFORCE HOUSING LOCATED?
A Study of the Geography of Housing Affordability

National Association of Home Builders
January 2005

Borrowing Trouble? V: Subprime Mortgage Lending in Greater Boston, 200-2003 (PDF file)
Massachusetts Community and Banking Council
January 2005

APA Affordable Housing Reader
American Planning Association
January 2005

The Crisis in America's Housing: Confronting Myths and Promoting a Balances Housing Policy
National Low-Income Housing Coalition
January 2005

Creating Balanced Communities: Lessons in Affordability from Five Affluent Boston Suburbs (PDF file)
Business and Professional People For the Public Interest (BPI)
February 2005

Why Not in Our Community? Removing Barriers to Affordable Housing
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
February 2005

Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s Leading Indicators Report (PDF file)
March 2005

Addressing Community Opposition to Affordable Housing Development: A Fair Housing Toolkit
The Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania
March 2005

The Boston Indicators Report (2002-2004)
March 30, 2005

Positive Disposition: Crafting a Balanced Policy for the Sale of Surplus State Property (PDF file)
Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC)
April 2005

Effects of Mixed-Income, Multi-Family Rental Housing Developments on Single-Family Housing Values (PDF file)
Center for Real Estate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
April 2005

Distressed Public Housing - What It Costs to Do Nothing (PDF file)
The Urban Institute
April 2005

The Housing Landscape for America's Working Families 2005 (PDF file)
Center for Housing Policy
April 2005

State Budget '05-'06: The Clash Between Expectations and Reality (PDF file)
The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation
April 2005

18 and Out: Life After Foster Care in Massachusetts (PDF file)
The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
April 2005

Strategies for Preventing Homelessness
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
May 2005

Literature Review: Impact of Affordable Housing on Individuals and Families (PDF file)
Low Income Investment Fund
June 2005

Building a Better Urban Future: New Directions for Housing Policies in Weak Market Cities
National Housing Institute
June 2005

State of the Nation’s Housing Report, 2005
Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University
June 2005

The Changing Face of Massachusetts
MassINC
June 2005

Paycheck to Paycheck 2005: Wages and the Cost of Housing in America
National Housing Conference Center for Housing Policy
July 2005

Housing on Hold: The State Freeze on Funding for New Affordable Homes
Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations
July 2005

A New Era of Higher Education - Community Partnerships: The Role and Impact of Colleges and Universities in Greater Boston Today
Carol R. Goldberg Seminar
October 2005

Out of Reach 2005
National Low Income Housing Coalition
December 2005

Hunger and Homelessness Survey: A Status Report on Hunger and Homelessness in America's Cities (PDF file)
U.S. Conference of Mayors
December 2005

Affordable Housing Needs: A Report to Congress on the Significant Need for Housing (PDF file)
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of Policy Development and Research
December 2005

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