The Northeast Regional Center for Rural
Development Land Use Toolbox
Massachusetts - Housing
links
University
of Massachusetts
Center
for Rural Massachusetts,
http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~ruralma/
Description:
The Center for Rural Massachusetts was established at the University of
Massachusetts in 1985 because a new set of problems had arisen in the
rural part of the state, driven by rapid economic growth in urban areas,
a widespread belief that uncontrolled growth posed a major threat to natural
and built rural environments, major changes in the rural economy, and
concerns about the welfare of rural residents.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Housing
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Other
Massachusetts Links
Citizens'
Housing and Planning Association
Citizens'
Housing and Planning Association,
http://www.chapa.org/
Description:
Citizens' Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA) is the non-profit umbrella
organization for affordable housing and community development activities
throughout Massachusetts. Established in 1967, CHAPA is the only statewide
group which represents all interests in the housing field, including nonprofit
and for-profit developers, homeowners, tenants, bankers, real estate brokers,
property managers, government officials, and others.
Topics: Housing, Planning/Zoning
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Community
Economic Development Assistance Corporation
Community
Economic Development Assistance Corporation,
http://www.cedac.org/
Description:
CEDAC is a public-private, community development finance institution that
provides technical assistance, pre-development lending, and consulting
services to nonprofit organizations involved in housing development, workforce
development, neighborhood economic development, and capital improvements
to child care facilities. These organizations may include community or
neighborhood development corporations, nonprofit developers, and tenants'
associations.
Topics: Housing
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Community
Preservation Act
Community
Preservation Act,
http://www.communitypreservation.org/
Description:
The Community Preservation Act (CPA) is a new tool to help communities
preserve open space and historic sites and create affordable housing.
This web site has been created to assist individuals and municipalities
in understanding and implementing the CPA. The CPA Website is maintained
by the Community Preservation Coalition, an alliance of open space, affordable
housing, and preservation organizations that works with municipalities
to help them understand, adopt, and implement the CPA.
Topics: Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Conservation
Law Foundation
Conservation
Law Foundation,
http://www.clf.org/
Description:
The Conservation Law Foundation is the oldest and largest regional environmental
advocacy organization in the United States. We're based in New England,
where our attorneys, scientists, economists, and policy experts work on
the most significant threats to the natural environment of the region
and its residents.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Department
of Housing and Community Development
Division
of Housing Development,
http://www.state.ma.us/dhcd/components/housdev/default.HTM
Description:
Housing Development supports the production of affordable rental housing,
including units for persons with special needs, and the construction or
rehabilitation of affordable homes and condominiums for purchase by income-eligible
first-time homebuyers. The Division's programs are the Low-Income Housing
Tax Credit, HOME, Housing Stabilization Fund, Housing Innovation Fund,
Capital Improvement and Preservation Fund, Facilities Consolidation Fund
and the Soft Second Program.
Topics: Housing
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Executive
Office of Environmental Affairs
Community
Preservation Initiative,
http://commpres.env.state.ma.us/
Description:
Massachusetts has taken an innovative approach to growth management, creating
a grassroots, municipally-driven smart growth initiative called Community
Preservation. Community Preservation is an organizing principle focused
on preserving and enhancing the quality of life in Massachusetts community
by community, watershed by watershed. The Initiative provides tools, technical
assistance and outreach to local decision-makers to help them make informed
decisions about future growth.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Association of Community Development Corporations
Massachusetts
Association of Community Development Corporations,
http://www.macdc.org/
Description:
MACDC is a nonprofit trade association established in 1980 to support
the work of CDCs. It exists to promote and assist nonprofit community
development corporations and other community based non-profits organizations
in their efforts to create jobs, improve housing and otherwise address
the needs of low income and minority communities across the Commonwealth.
Topics: Housing, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Housing Partnership
Massachusetts
Housing Partnership,
http://www.mhp.net/
Description:
The Massachusetts Housing Partnership (MHP) is a self-supporting state
agency that promotes more stable and diverse neighborhoods in cities and
towns across Massachusetts through the development and preservation of
affordable housing.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Housing, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Trial Court Law Libraries
Code
of Massachusetts Regulations,
http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/cmr.html
Description:
This area provides access to those sections of the CMR which are available
on the web. Sections not listed are not currently available on the web.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
MassDevelopment
MassDevelopment,
http://www.massdevelopment.com/
Description:
Welcome to MassDevelopment. This web site provides an overview of the
many dynamic financing and real estate services that we offer.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Housing, Land Preservation
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
MassHousing
MassHousing,
http://www.masshousing.com/
Description:
MassHousing is the state's affordable housing bank. We lend money at rates
below the conventional market to support rental and home ownership opportunities
for low- and moderate-income residents of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Topics: Housing
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Smart
Growth Network
Massachusetts
Smart Growth News Articles,
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/bystate.asp?state=MA&res=800
Description: Listing of news articles relating to smart growth issues in a specific state.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Supreme
Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Court
Opinions,
http://massreports.com/welcome.htm
Description:
Welcome to the official website of the office of the Reporter of Decisions
of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Appeals Court. Since
1804 the Reporter's office has prepared the opinions of the Supreme Judicial
Court, the oldest court in continuous existence in the Western Hemisphere.
The primary purposes of this website are to provide the most timely and
efficient dissemination of the decisions of the two Massachusetts appellate
courts.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
University
of New Hampshire
Center
for Integrative Regional Problem Solving,
http://www.unh.edu/cirps/
Description: The Center for Integrative Regional Problem Solving facilitates ecologically-based, innovative approaches for securing quality of life and addressing land use challenges in Northern New England through integrated research, outreach, education, and multi-disciplinary partnerships.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire
U.
S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
in Massachusetts,
http://www.hud.gov/local/index.cfm?state=ma
Description: HUD's mission is to increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination. To fulfill this mission, HUD will embrace high standards of ethics, management and accountability and forge new partnerships--particularly with faith-based and community organizations--that leverage resources and improve HUD's ability to be effective on the community level.
Topics: Housing
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
USDA
Rural Development in Southern New England
Rural
Development in Southern New England,
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/ma/
Description:
USDA Rural Development in the Southern New England Jurisdiction offers
a wealth of services and programs to rural communities. It is our mission
to ensure that rural citizens participate fully in the global economy
as well as to deliver programs in a way that will support increasing economic
opportunity and improve the quality of life of rural residents.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Housing, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Regulating subdivisions in Massachusetts, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Practices and outlooks; survey of public officials.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Massachussetts
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
The Ghetto and the ethnic enclave, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: There is a difference between the ghetto and the ethnic enclave.
Topics: land preservation, housing, planning&zoning, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Massachussetts
Smart Growth Network
Builders protest smart growth law: State defends process, www.sgli.org
Description: State holding fast on focus of affordable near transit options.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Massachussetts
Smart Growth Network
Plan to use CPT funds for Smart Growth upsets officials , www.smartgrowthi.org
Description: Article: Gov transfer of funds cause uproar in MA.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, water, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Massachussetts
Fannie Mae Foundation
Fixing It First in Massachusetts, www.fanniemaefoundation.org
Description: Reforms that will help MA invest its funds wisely.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities
Jurisdiction: Massachussetts
US EPA
Review of Statewide Watershed Mgmt Approaches, www.epa.gov
Description: Identify and describe different models of watershed mgmt; looking at different states; make recommendations.
Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, housing, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Massachussetts, New Jersey
NGA
Coordinating Resources to Grow more efficiently: The Massachusetts Approach, www.nga.org
Description: From increased demands on MA economic structure the MA approach developed .
Topics: land preservation, housing, planning&zoning, water, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Massachussetts
NERCRD ©2004
The Toolbox is a joint effort of The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development (NERCRD)
and Penn State Cooperative Extension in Adams County.
This page was last updated on July 13, 2005.
For questions, suggestions or to report broken links, please contact NERCRD: nercrd@psu.edu.