As Susan points out in her recent Op Ed, the Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program is a key tool to help families transition out of poverty, access home-ownership and build better lives for their own and the next generation. Continue Reading
Life Sciences Boom Creates Challenges, Opportunities for Housing Need.
As Susan writes in her latest Banker & Tradesman Op-Ed, “Companies with lab needs can pay higher land costs than housing developers, and a combination of factors has intensified the competition for developable land in the Greater Boston area.” Continue Reading.
To Close the Racial Wealth Gap, Scale Up CommonWealth Builder
As Susan writes in her latest Banker & Tradesman Op-ed, based on the Governor’s proposal, legislators really do have a great opportunity to make progress on closing the racial wealth gap by increasing funding for the innovative Commonwealth Builder home ownership program. Continue Reading.
Lesson from the Pandemic: Broadband Is Infrastructure
Expanding Quality Service to Low-Income Families Is Vital In the context of housing and in particular of meeting the needs of low and moderate income people, Susan writes in her latest Banker & Tradesman Op-Ed, “The pandemic has laid bare the extent of the digital divide that exists – reliable broadband access is essential to modern work and life.” Click…
More Support for First-Generation Homebuyers Will Help Close Homeownership Gaps
As Susan writes in her latest Banker & Tradesman Op-Ed, “Homeownership rates among nonwhite Massachusetts residents are much lower than those of white families. This creates dire implications for generating wealth in communities of color.” Continue Reading…
Abutter Appeal Reform Has the Potential to Reduce Costly Claims
As Susan points out in her latest Banker & Tradesman Op-Ed, “By having to put up significant money to challenge a development, opponents will be deterred from bringing frivolous lawsuits – those designed primarily to hold up a developer and chew up time and money.” Continue Reading…
