Download or read book The Growing Shortage of Affordable Housing for the Extremely Low Income in Massachusetts written by Nicholas Chiumenti and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report identifies ways that the state's policymakers and housing agencies and providers can more efficiently use limited resources to address the affordable housing needs of extremely low-income households. The first is to prioritize rental assistance in areas of the state where rents are low and the inventory of market-supplied housing is high. Doing so will take advantage of local market conditions that are favorable to rental-assistance subsidies while addressing these areas' high rates of rent burden. Tax-credit and other supply-oriented subsidies can be targeted more heavily to areas with less affordable housing stock overall. Building geographic considerations into program administration can help achieve this tailoring of resources. Second, preserving expiring subsidies in smaller cities and towns will ensure broader access to affordable housing throughout Massachusetts. The state's increasing need to preserve affordable housing is widely acknowledged and supported. Many of these units are located in major cities and metro areas; however, smaller cities and towns, while accounting for a smaller share of the subsidized housing, are at risk of seeing most or all of their subsidized units expire by 2025.
Download or read book In the Face of a Growing Housing Shortage written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2008 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Housing Policy Statement for Massachusetts written by Massachusetts. Executive Office of Communities and Development and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ...Describes the organization of the Dept. of Community Affairs; sets forth major goals...
Download or read book A New Financial Architecture for Developing Mixed income Housing in Massachusetts written by Adnani-Rofougaran Adnani and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Legislative Proposals to Reform the Housing Choice Voucher Program written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Financial Services. Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing, and Community Opportunity and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Housing and Economic Progress written by Lloyd Rodwin and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Housing Massachusetts written by Norma Bogen and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mixed income Housing in the Suburbs written by Aaron Gornstein and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Fiscal Impact of Mixed income Housing Developments on Massachusetts Municipalities written by Eric Nakajima and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Fiscal Impact of Mixed income Housing Developments on Massachusetts Municipalities written by Eric Nakajima and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ... "Communities throughout Massachusetts confront the challenge of increasing housing opportunities for people with low- and moderate-income while also ensuring that the residential and commercial development that does occur in towns has, at worst, a neutral impact on the cost of public services."; "New construction raises concerns that the taxes generated by new housing will not offset the demand for services from the housing's occupants."; Massachusetts law allows developers to override local zoning when a communities does not have at least 10% affordable housing as a percentage of the town's housing stock so they can build mixed-income developments as long as they contain a set minimum percent of low-income housing; this is " ... an analysis of the historical impact that mixed-income home ownership developments have had on the municipal budgets. Recent surveys have shown that a majority of Massachusetts residents believe that affordable housing will increase municipal costs, especially, especially public school expenses. Recent studies have documented the great fiscal stress that Massachusetts cities and towns confront and the difficult choices that communities have to make to provide services to their residents. The purpose of this study is to further understanding of the impact that mixed-income development have on municipal costs and to offer a framework for planning future development."; "The UMass Donahue Institute used a case study approach to analyze the historical fiscal impact of mixed-income homeownership developments constructed in Massachusetts during the past fifteen years."; does a detailed analysis of eight (8) developments in seven (7) towns: Brookline (Kendall Crescent) // Falmouth (Nickey Lane and Fresh Pond Farms) // Northampton (Pine's Edge) // Peabody (Stoneybrook) // Sandwich (Sherwood Forest) // Wellesley (Edgemoor Circle) // Wilmington (Buckingham Estates) ...
Download or read book The Voucher Promise written by Eva Rosen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Park Heights -- Housing insecurity & survival strategies -- The promise of housing vouchers -- The challenges of using the voucher -- "A tenant for every house"--"Not in my front yard" -- Choosing to move, choosing to stay
Download or read book H R 4868 the Housing Preservation and Tenant Protection Act of 2010 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Financial Services. Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Housing Finance Reform written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Decent Place to Live written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Starter Homes written by Phillip David Cohen and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis assesses the residential real estate development industry in Greater Boston and makes policy recommendations to increase the supply of middle-income housing. Boston's rapid growth in the decade since the Great Recession has caused a housing shortage for middle-income families who cannot afford luxury housing nor qualify for subsidized units. This analysis addresses the problem with a broad study of the real estate market using public reports, market data, and professional interviews. It concludes that opportunities for middle-income housing can be expanded by adding supply to the larger market, reducing development costs to build housing in naturally affordable areas, and utilizing funds for income restricted housing. This thesis makes thirteen specific recommendations in six categories, including land use and zoning, design, construction, transportation, finance, and taxes. These recommendations can be implemented together or individually to mitigate high housing costs for middle-income families in eastern Massachusetts.
Download or read book The Affordable Housing Reader written by J. Rosie Tighe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Affordable Housing Reader brings together classic works and contemporary writing on the themes and debates that have animated the field of affordable housing policy as well as the challenges in achieving the goals of policy on the ground. The Reader - aimed at professors, students, and researchers - provides an overview of the literature on housing policy and planning that is both comprehensive and interdisciplinary. It is particularly suited for graduate and undergraduate courses on housing policy offered to students of public policy and city planning. The Reader is structured around the key debates in affordable housing, ranging from the conflicting motivations for housing policy, through analysis of the causes of and solutions to housing problems, to concerns about gentrification and housing and race. Each debate is contextualized in an introductory essay by the editors, and illustrated with a range of texts and articles. Elizabeth Mueller and Rosie Tighe have brought together for the first time into a single volume the best and most influential writings on housing and its importance for planners and policy-makers.
