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An evaluation of the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development's Moving to Work voucher program
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Since implementation nearly 10 years ago there has been limited research into the outcomes of the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development's Moving to Work rental subsidy program. The Congressionally ...
Code enforcement, tax delinquency, and strategic management of problematic properties
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
This thesis considers two interrelated sources of blight in cities: so-called "problem properties" (PP), or properties in poor physical condition where owners have stopped performing basic maintenance, and tax-delinquent ...
The economic and financial feasibility of food innovation centers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
A Food Innovation Center (FIC) is an enclosed commercial space comprising a mix of complementary uses pertaining to locally-operated food growing, production, processing, testing, distribution, and sale. These uses include ...
Advancing TOD in Boston's suburbs : advantages and obstacles in the entitlement process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
This thesis is an inquiry into the feasibility of creating new compact, mixed-use transit-oriented development (TOD) within existing suburbs. I have focused on the entitlement phase of projects, during which land is rezoned, ...
After the gas station : redevelopment opportunities from rethinking America's vehicle refueling infrastructure
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Gas stations are found throughout the US, but their ubiquity causes them to go largely unnoticed. Because their purpose - refueling vehicles - is so uniform and so integral to the existing automotive transportation system, ...
New development : friend or foe to Chinatown small businesses?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
Chinatowns in cities like Boston, New York, or Philadelphia have well established reputations as vibrant ethnic neighborhoods that draw tourists as well as working-Chinese immigrants. The individual businesses that line ...
Shaping an inclusive waterfront : community engagement in the redevelopment of San Francisco's Pier 70
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Community engagement in large-scale development projects is a critical step in the real estate development process, needed both to obtain official project approval and to gain feedback to create projects that better provide ...
Fringe town : revitalization on the margin, assessing small downtown revival and catalytic real estate development feasibility on the urban fringe
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
This thesis has sought to construct a diagnostic study of small downtown revitalization in Somersworth, New Hampshire, and Berwick, Maine. To develop a holistic understanding of downtown revitalization in Somersworth-Berwick, ...
Innovation districts : economic development, community benefits, and the public realm
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Innovation Districts are emerging across the country as vehicles for economic development, job creation, urban revitalization, and sustainable growth. As they continue to be developed, there is a need to rethink the role ...
"¡El Pueblo no se rinde, Carajo!" (the people will never give up, Dammit!) : a case study of the Buenaventura Civic Movement's contributions to insurgent planning
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
For ethnic minorities in Latin America and throughout the Global South, an expansion of citizenship rights, such as constitutional recognition of ethnic groups, has been undermined by State-sanctioned neoliberal policies, ...