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Jean Paul Doh, BNCLT resident of 6 Humphreys place, speaks at a press conference about a $250 million demand for taking 1000 homes off the speculative market
BNCLT In the News
2024
The Greater Boston Eviction Crisis Will Hurt You, Too — Boston Magazine, December 11, 2024
Two women tell of city program that kept them in their apartment homes — Dorchester Reporter, November 14, 2024
Boston’s affordable housing preservation efforts are seeing results — Smart Cities Dive, November 1, 2024
Mayor Wu Announces Affordable Housing Milestone with Acquisition and Restriction of 1,000 At Risk Housing Units — NewsWires, October 25th, 2024
Mayor Michelle Wu Announces Early Achievement of Affordable Housing Goal with 1,000 Units Preserved — Hoodline, October 25th, 2024
Mayor Wu Announces Affordable Housing Milestone with Acquisition and Restriction of 1,000 At Risk Housing Units — City of Boston, October 25th, 2024
City program to buy buildings and keep them affordable is starting to make a dent — Boston Globe, October 24, 2024
Guv Signs Housing Law, But Advocates Say It "Left So Much On The Table” — State House News, August 6th, 2024
Mayor Michelle Wu Announces Developers for Phase Two of the City’s Welcome Home, Boston Initiative — City of Boston, June 13th, 2024
2022
Massachusetts renters are fighting for the right to buy their buildings — WGBH “Priced Out,” August 30th, 2022
Working to keep people in their own homes — Bay State Banner, June 30th, 2022
Humphreys tenants hail ‘galvanizing’ win against displacement — Dorchester Reporter, June 29, 2022
Housing Activists Seek to Expand Land Trusts — Bay State Banner, April 14, 2022
In First Budget, Wu Prioritizes Affordable Housing — The Boston Globe, April 14, 2022
A $250m demand for 1000 affordable homes — The Boston Globe, April 7, 2022
Coalición en Boston pide más viviendas asequibles para la comunidad — Telemundo, 07 de Abril del 2022
Friend of a Friend: Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust — The Ujima Project’s Business Wire, Feb 8 2022
2021
At 6 Humphreys Place, a quest for affordable housing gains a victory — Dorchester Reporter, Dec 30 2021
Stable Housing is a Key Tool for Economic Stability — Boston Globe article by Ayanna Pressley, Lydia Lowe, and Denise Matthews-Turner, November 17 2021
Investors Pouncing on Boston Multifamily, Pushing Rents Up and Small Owners out — BISNOW Article interviewing ED, Meridith Levy, October 21 2021
2020
'They Want To Push Us Out': Mattapan Renters Fear Eviction As New Rail Stops Drive Rent Increases — WGBH Article on displacement and the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA), December 14 2020
2019
Real Estate Boom Threatens Rooming Houses At The Bottom Of The Housing Market — GBH article by Chris Burrell, July 1 2019
2014
An Unusual Coalition In Boston Helps Save Homes From Foreclosure — Next City: The Bottom Line article by Zoe Sullivan, September 2014
BNCLT Reports
An Interactive History of Community Ownership at Park Street’s Vacant Lots — Booklet by Tufts University Tisch Summer Fellow, August 2022 (Print Version Here)
Measuring the Impacts of the Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust — Field Project by Tufts University Urban and Environmental Planning & Policy students, May 2021
An Assessment of the Greater Four Corners Community Stabilization Pilot Project During the First Two Years — Report by Professor Rachel Bratt, Ph.D. June 2014
Exploring Best Practices Regarding Long-Term Affordability, Resident Input and Control for COHIF — Report by Sahar Lawrence and Becca Schofield, February 2014
Other Relevant Reports
Housing Justice Is The Cure: Evictions in Boston's Communities of Color During Covid-19 — Report by City Life Vida Urbana, 2021
Evictions in Boston: The Disproportionate Effects of Forced Moves on Communities of Color — Report by City Life Vida Urbana, June 2020
Our Homes, Our Communities: How Housing Acquisition Strategies Can Create Affordable Housing, Stabilize Neighborhoods, and Prevent Displacement — Report by Policy Link, 2021
Creating Community Controlled, Deeply Affordable Housing: A Resource Toolkit for Community Activists & Allied Community-Based Housing Developers — Toolkit by Partners for Dignity and Rights, Spring 2021
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