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Resources

Accessory Dwelling Units

  • Amy Dain report on ADUs in Greater Boston 
  • City of Newton Accessory Apartment Ordinance
 
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
    • Presentation Recording
    • Slides
 
Wellesley-Specific
  • Wellesley Housing Production Plan
  • Wellesley Housing Authority
  • Wellesley Planning Department
  • Wellesley Housing 101 Presentation
    • Video Recording
      https://buildingabetterwellesley.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/WellesleyHousing101Pres.mp4
    • Slides
 
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:
    • “6 Things to Know About How Development Works”
    • “Why Are Developers Only Building Luxury Housing?”
 
 
 
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