Resources
Accessory Dwelling Units
Housing Segregation & Racism
- “Segregated By Design” short film
- NPR piece on racist history of housing policy in America
- Adam Ruins Everything’s “The Disturbing History of the Suburbs”
- Rewire’s “How Discussions of Neighborhood Character Reinforce Structural Racism”
- Timeline of civil rights and fair housing advances at the national level
Sustainability
- Zero-Carbon Renovation Fund
Wellesley-Specific
- Wellesley Housing Production Plan
- Wellesley Housing Authority
- Wellesley Planning Department
- Wellesley Housing 101 Presentation
- Video Recording
- Video Recording
Greater Boston/Statewide
- Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA)
- Massachusetts Housing Partnership (MHP)
- Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC)
- Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD)
- The Boston Foundation’s Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2019
National/General
- Freddie Mac housing shortage estimates by state
- California DHCD’s “Myths and Facts about Affordable & High-Density Housing”
- Sightline Institute’s “This Is How You Slow-Walk into a Housing Shortage”
- Strong Towns articles about how real estate development works:
- Emergency Housing Guide for Seniors
