EXTERNAL RESOURCES

The greater Boston area is one of the most advanced areas for professional and academic work in the housing arena. Innovative public, quasi-governmental, and non-profit organizations include MassHousing, DHCD, MAPC, CHAPA, MACDC, and an especially established network of CDCs. Boston area think tanks include the Rappaport Institute, Pioneer Institute, Center for Urban and Regional Policy, Lincoln Institute, and the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard. Click here for a description of housing work at MIT vis-a-vis other nearby academic institutions. Additionally, there are housing oriented student groups such as GSDHousing at the Graduate School of Design and the transportation, housing and urban development (THUD) group at the Kennedy School.

Area Think Tanks and Organizations
Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston
Joint Center for Housing Studies
Center for Urban and Regional Policy
Lincoln Land Use Institute
Citizens Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA)

Local Professional and Student Associations
ULI Boston
Boston Area Young Real Estate Professionals
Harvard Real Estate Development Club
GSDHousing

Recent Publications

Position Paper on State Housing Policy for the Gubernatorial Candidates
CHAPA, July 2006

State of the Nation’s Housing 2006
Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University June 2006

MIT Center for Real Estate’s Affordability Index for Greater Boston
June 2006

The Lack of Affordable Housing in New England: How Big a Problem? Why Is It Growing? What Are We Doing About It?
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, May 2006

The Economic Impact of Restricting Housing Supply
by Edward Glaeser, Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, Harvard University
May 2006

Building Better: Recommendations for Boston's Inclusionary Development Policy
by the Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations, May 2006

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Plan to End Family Homelessness
A Report of the Policy Academy on Family Homelessness, April 2006

America's Rental Housing: Homes for a Diverse Nation
by Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University, March 2006

Guarding the Town Walls: Mechanisms and Motives for Restricting Multi-Family Housing in Massachusetts
Jenny Schuetz, Kennedy School of Government, March 2006

Locked Out: Keys to Homeownership Elude Many Working Families with Children
The Center for Housing Policy, March 2006

Our Homes, Our Communities: How Tenants Preserve, Protect and Steward Public Housing
Massachusetts Union of Public Housing Tenants and the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, February 2006

Presentation by Alan Clayton-Matthews on the MA Housing Market - February 8, 2006

Affordability Index: A New Tool for Measuring the True Affordability of a Housing Choice
The Brookings Institution, January 2006

Housing Affordability Initiative - Land Use Research Findings
MIT Center for Real Estate and MHP, January 30, 2006

Regulation and the Rise of Housing Prices in Greater Boston
Edward Glaeser, Jenny Schuetz, and Bryce Ward, Harvard University , January 6, 2006

Housing Regulations Database of MA Municipalities
Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research and the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, January 2006

Developing Affordable Housing on Public Land: A Guide for Massachusetts Communities
Massachusetts Housing Partnership, January 2006

The Growing Gap: Income Inequality in Massachusetts
Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, January 26, 2006

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
U.S. Conference of Mayors, December 2005

Affordable Housing Needs: A Report to Congress on the Significant Need for Housing
HUD, Office of Policy Development and Research, December 2005

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

Literature Review: Impact of Affordable Housing on Individuals and Families
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