JCHS at Harvard Releases New Report: Housing America’s Older Adults 2023

by James Fuccione | Dec 11, 2023 | Data and Reports

According to a new report from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University (JCHS), Housing America’s Older Adults 2023, the US is not ready to provide housing and care for an aging population. The urgent need for affordable housing and care will...

New Report on Exclusionary Zoning Touches on Age-Restricted Housing

by James Fuccione | Nov 15, 2023 | Data and Reports

As part of Boston Indicators’ new Racial Wealth Equity Research Center initiative, the organization commissioned a new report called “Exclusionary by Design: An Investigation of Zoning’s Use as a Tool of Race, Class, and Family Exclusion in Boston’s Suburbs,...

Healey-Driscoll Administration Unveils $4 Billion Affordable Homes Act to Address Housing Challenges

by James Fuccione | Oct 18, 2023 | News and Updates

The Healey-Driscoll Administration unveiled a $4 billion plan to jumpstart the production of homes and make housing more affordable across Massachusetts. The Affordable Homes Act, a comprehensive package of spending, policy and programmatic actions, represents the...

Reforming policies to eliminate some housing barriers

by James Fuccione | Oct 18, 2023 | News and Updates, Stories from the Field

https://mahealthyagingcollaborative.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AF-housing-cori-extended-rc02-20231004.mp3 One man’s story of discrimination as he reentered community after serving his time. A report from the Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts shows...

MassINC, MACP Release ‘Connected Communities’ Report on Digital Equity and Affordable Housing

by James Fuccione | Oct 18, 2023 | Data and Reports

MassINC alongside Massachusetts Competitive Partnership (MACP) recently released a report called “Connected Communities: Providing Affordable Housing Residents with Unfettered Access to Digital Opportunity in Massachusetts,” which explores strategies to...