Jemele Hill

Grateful to have a chance to work with such excellent people on these important questions of housing and community. #fairhousing

The latest in our Spotlight series on housing. Brookline broadcasts an ethos of inclusivity, but it has (intentionally) become a preserve for the privileged. Now it faces a choice: What kind of town does it want to be? apps.bostonglobe.com/2023/10/specia…

New and timely. Boston Indicators Racial Wealth Equity Research report by Amy Dain digs deep into the widespread use of zoning as a tool for exclusion. bit.ly/474oheK

Grateful for the team! nerej.com/pom-groom-harb…

Housing policy continues to be the tool of racial discrimination. We can make changes to address harms of the past & create more fairness & hope in the future. This is an opportunity to redress and improve. #fairhousing CHAPA HarborlightHomes NAACP bostonindicators.org/reports/report…

Grateful to spend some time recently with the good people of Marblehead talking about how to create more affordable housing. #fairhousing HarborlightHomes

Maple Woods on its way! Landscaping going in. Thank you to the Town of Wenham Board of Selectmen for having us in to give an update this evening #fairhousing HarborlightHomes

Great job on a successful Annual Meeting MACDC !

Beverly Village for Living and the Arts coming to life! Beacon Communities LLC @MyBeverly01915 Mayor Mike Cahill Julie Flowers Secretary Ed Augustus Jr. Grateful to all those who made this possible! HarborlightHomes #fairhousing

Tensions heightened in communities across the Commonwealth--including Newton--as MBTA Communities deadline looms. bit.ly/49R3Kfx

California is trying to tackle its housing crisis by rethinking the traditional single-family home. Why isn’t Massachusetts? trib.al/ebZk1YM

“The Big Downzone” happened in Massachusetts in the early 1970s. Much of this zoning is still in place today & stunts our ability to not only produce the supply of housing our growing population needs, but also the types of housing an evolving population demands.

Them: Don't talk about gerrymandering during Thanksgiving Me:

Racially restrictive covenants are still on the books in MA and we can do something about it. Check it out! harborlighthomes.org/advocacy-educa… wgbh.org/news/housing/2…

itemlive.com/2023/12/13/hal… Trying to figure it out. $4M to go.

Is gentrification an opportunity for integration in the model of the Fair Housing Act? Or just a stopover to future segregation? Furman Center Faculty Director Ingrid Gould Ellen and Gerard Torrats-Espinosa studied long run changes in the racial makeup of gentrifying neighborhoods.

Unearthing racial covenants on the North Shore - CommonWealth Beacon commonwealthbeacon.org/housing/uneart…