ABCD Solutions Series
See below for information about the Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) Solutions Series. The events are a great opportunity learn more about how poverty impacts our patients and their families.
The ABCD Solutions Series explores the dilemmas of economic opportunity as these intersect with select federal, state, and local policies and/or systems that impact the lives of men, women, and children living in poverty in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The 2014-2015 session will center on some of the fundamental issues that frame conversations about how to create and grow systems that help low-income individuals and families rise out of poverty—access to quality health care, safe and affordable housing, coordination of public services, including alternatives to ‘criminalization’ for court-involved youth, and growing regionalization—to name a few. The ABCD solutions series sets the stage for this and more and asks the audience to think intentionally and differently about action-oriented solutions to address age-old challenges to true economic opportunity for all.
Housing Access Solutions We Don’t Want to Think About…That Just Might Work
Help ask the tough questions…
- How can landlords help keep rents ‘affordable’?
- How might linkage, zoning, and other regulatory mechanisms increase the housing supply for families living in poverty?
- Is micro-housing an answer for low-income individuals?
- Should housing expenses be earmarked in a person’s cash benefits?
… and leave with answers that lead to action!
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Panelists
Sheila Dillon
Department of Neighborhood Development, City of Boston
Eric Shupin
Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA)
Richard Taylor
Center for Real Estate, Sawyer Business School, Suffolk University
Greg Vasil
Greater Boston Real Estate Board