by James Fuccione | Feb 7, 2024 | Data and Reports, News and Updates
The Canadian organizations Happy Cities and Hey Neighbour Collective (HNC), alongside Simon Fraser University (SFU), have collected evidence on the importance of social connection for older adults living in multi-unit housing. The project culminated in a report...
by James Fuccione | Jan 24, 2024 | News and Updates
The Massachusetts legislature’s Joint Committee on Housing recently held a public hearing on House Bill 4138, the Affordable Homes Act, where housing advocates and many partners of the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative showed up to support affordable...
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...
by James Fuccione | Nov 21, 2023 | Data and Reports
New research by the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University (JCHS) examines policies and initiatives to promote the creation of accessory dwelling units (ADUs), which have been advanced as a housing solution for age-friendly communities. ADUs are small,...
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,...