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Shelterforce spoke with researchers, advocates, lawyers, housing economists, and rental housing industry representatives to understand what that crisis would do to evicted families, public health, and the housing market.
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The worsening housing crisis shows that we must develop comprehensive tools and programs to keep families housed and their assets preserved.
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Along with standing up against police violence and systemic racism, we must also fight to end housing systems that devalue Black people.
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In “Redlined: A Novel of Boston” by Richard W. Wise, an organizer's murder in 1970s Jamaica Plain exposes
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Frances Goldin influenced a generation of housing organizers. Her vision was of a multiracial, multiethnic community based on the principles of justice. Her instruction to us was to fight for it.
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Tenant organizers and legal services groups are working vigorously to get ahead of eviction cases as housing court processes restart.
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Six regional and state housing advocates discuss the connections between uprisings over racial injustice, the pandemic, and the need for housing security.
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Focusing on zoning in hot-market urban centers misses economic realities—and major opportunities.
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Inclusionary zoning requires new developments to include affordable units, but many cities allow developers to bypass this by paying an off-site fee. Is the fee-out option getting unfairly demonized?
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An in-depth look at the lessons one housing organization learned after receiving a multimillion grant to integrate arts and culture strategies in its work. Has the organization changed the way it operates?
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