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Fwd: TOMORROW: Closing Homeownership Gaps + Corporate Ownership of Rental Housing this Friday
by raryals 29 Nov '21

29 Nov '21

This trend worries me a lot. Ruth ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies <jchs(a)harvard.edu> Date: Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 9:39 AM Subject: TOMORROW: Closing Homeownership Gaps + Corporate Ownership of Rental Housing this Friday To: <raryals(a)gmail.com> The persistent and substantial gap in homeownership rates between white households and households of color has greatly... [image: Tweet] <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> Tweet <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> [image: Facebook] <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> Facebook <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> [image: LinkedIn] <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> LinkedIn <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> [image: Forward] <http://us7.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634&id=fc6…> Forward <http://us7.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634&id=fc6…> [image: Geography of Gentrification] <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> *Tomorrow @ 4:30pm ET: *The persistent and substantial gap in homeownership rates between white households and households of color has greatly contributed to growing wealth disparities. Join us for a conversation with the leaders of three efforts to close these gaps: Nikitra Bailey <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> (National Fair Housing Alliance), Doreen Graves <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> (Convergence Memphis), and Chrystal Kornegay <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> (MassHousing). Chris Herbert <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…>, Managing Director of the Center, will moderate. *Zoom registration required <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…>* ------------------------------ [image: Geography of Gentrification] <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> *Friday @ 12:15pm ET: *The share of one-to-four unit rental properties owned by corporate entities has grown steadily over the past several decades. Adam Travis <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…>, a PhD candidate in Sociology & Social Policy and Meyer Fellow will present research that examines the current landscape of corporate housing ownership, including findings that it is consistently higher in neighborhoods with larger shares of Black residents. *Zoom registration required <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…>* ------------------------------ FULL EVENT CALENDAR <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> [image: Twitter] <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> [image: Website] <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> [image: Blog] <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> [image: Email] <jchs(a)harvard.edu> The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies advances understanding of housing issues and informs policy. Through its research, education, and public outreach programs, the Center helps leaders in government, business, and the civic sectors make decisions that effectively address the needs of cities and communities. Through graduate and executive courses, as well as fellowships and internship opportunities, the Center also trains and inspires the next generation of housing leaders. This email was sent to raryals(a)gmail.com *why did I get this?* <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/about?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634&id=4d…> unsubscribe from this list <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> update subscription preferences <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/profile?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634&id=…> Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies · 1 Bow St Ste 400 <https://www.google.com/maps/search/1+Bow+St+Ste+400++Cambridge,+MA+02138-51…>· Cambridge, MA 02138-5100 <https://www.google.com/maps/search/1+Bow+St+Ste+400++Cambridge,+MA+02138-51…>· USA <https://www.google.com/maps/search/1+Bow+St+Ste+400++Cambridge,+MA+02138-51…> -- Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com -- Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com

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Fwd: Special Meeting Dec 2, 7-8pm with Lesley University
by raryals 28 Nov '21

28 Nov '21

Join PSNA for a meeting to learn more about Lesley University's plans in Porter Square (and the rest of Cambridge). This is a special (early) December meeting to find out more about the properties Lesley has put up for sale, the renovations to be (and being) made to existing properties and, more generally, the long term plans of Lesley University for it's Porter Square campus. Joining us will be: Janet Steinmayer (Lesley's President) Austin Architects Joanne Kossuth (COO), Shirin Philipp (General Counsel), and Jan Devereux (Director of Government Relations & University Communications) December 2, 7-8 pm with Lesley University; 8-8:30 pm for our continued conversation Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5576471494?pwd=bHlteWc0SldnWDZRTFltVUwzWHFVdz09 Meeting ID: 557 647 1494 Passcode: 7KcPAW One tap mobile: +16468769923,,5576471494#,,,,*178153# US (New York) +13017158592,,5576471494#,,,,*178153# US (Washington DC) Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/keyileuJp6

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Holiday Art Market
by raryals 28 Nov '21

28 Nov '21

Holiday Art Market Sat. and Sun. in Cambridge. The City of Cambridge is sponsoring a holiday art fair tomorrow and Sunday at the Masonic Temple, 1950 Mass. Ave. near Porter Square. 11am - 6pm - FREE Admission! Shop fine art and handmade gifts for Hannukah and Christmas from local artisans. 1950-1960 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA -- Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com [image: image.png]

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Check out recent City Council actions and commentary from Robert Winters
by raryals 24 Nov '21

24 Nov '21

http://cambridgecivic.com/?p=8542 -- Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com

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Fwd: Reminder: PSNA Meeting, Thursday Nov 18, 7-9 pm
by raryals 18 Nov '21

18 Nov '21

*Reminder: PSNA Meeting, Thursday Nov 18, 7-9 pm* This may be a dupe, but I got a message that google did not like my comcast.net email address. On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 4:45 PM rryals <rryals(a)comcast.net> wrote: Join us tonight! > At *7 pm*: > We have asked *Steven Beaucher of Ward Maps and Nathanael Filmore of > Cambridge Bike Safety*, as members of the *working group on > MassAveforAll *to join us to review the Pop-Up meetings with TP&T and DPW > and the city's plans for installing protected bike lanes on the rest of > Mass Ave, all the way to the Common. > > At *8 pm*: > It is that time again, when you have a chance to join/renew your *PSNA > membership*. The *dues ($10)* can be sent to *PSNA at P.O. Box 400106.* > It is also time for us to hold our *ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS* - for > President. Vice President, Secretary/Treasurer. > > All are welcome at our meeting, but in order to vote you must be current > in your dues and have attended several meetings prior to voting. > > > **************************************************************** > > Join Zoom Meeting > https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5576471494?pwd=bHlteWc0SldnWDZRTFltVUwzWHFVdz09 > > Meeting ID: 557 647 1494 > Passcode: 7KcPAW > One tap mobile > +16468769923 <(646)%20876-9923>,,5576471494#,,,,*178153# US (New York) > +13017158592 <(301)%20715-8592>,,5576471494#,,,,*178153# US (Washington > DC) > > Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/keyileuJp6 > > > -- Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com -- Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com

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Fwd: PSNA Meeting, Thurs Nov 18, 7-9 pm
by raryals 17 Nov '21

17 Nov '21

Please join us for the November 18 PSNA meeting: At *7 pm*: We have asked *Steven Beaucher of Ward Maps and Nathanael of Cambridge Bike Safety*, as members of the *working group on MassAveforAll *to join us to review the Pop-Up meetings with TP&T and DPW and the city's plans for installing protected bike lanes on the rest of Mass Ave, all the way to the Common. At *8 pm*: It is that time again, when you have a chance to join/renew your *PSNA membership*. The *dues ($10)* can be sent to *PSNA at P.O. Box 400106.* It is also time for us to hold our *ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS* - for President. Vice President, Secretary/Treasurer. All are welcome at our meeting, but in order to vote you must be current in your dues and have attended several meetings prior to voting. **************************************************************** Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5576471494?pwd=bHlteWc0SldnWDZRTFltVUwzWHFVdz09 Meeting ID: 557 647 1494 Passcode: 7KcPAW One tap mobile +16468769923,,5576471494#,,,,*178153# US (New York) +13017158592,,5576471494#,,,,*178153# US (Washington DC) Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/keyileuJp6

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Fwd: [ACN] Wed. 11/17: Sign Up to Support Cambridge HEART!
by raryals 17 Nov '21

17 Nov '21

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Lee Farris <Lee(a)leefarris.net> Date: Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 6:15 PM Subject: [ACN] Wed. 11/17: Sign Up to Support Cambridge HEART! To: Cambridge Residents Alliance CORE < cambridge-residents-alliance-core(a)googlegroups.com>, Association of Cambridge Neighborhoods < association-of-cambridge-neighborhoods(a)googlegroups.com> Cc: FPRA <fresh-pond-residents-alliance(a)googlegroups.com> Dear neighbors, *Please Sign up to Support Cambridge HEART!* *On **Wed., Nov. 17 **at 4 pm**, we need community members to offer public comment in support of Cambridge HEART*. As many of you know, in June 2021, the City Council passed policy order 114 <https://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_Meeting.aspx?ID=2808> in support of funding and implementing Cambridge HEART, an alternative public safety response plan. We need to hold the City Manager accountable for implementing the HEART program as written. Demonstrating public support is essential: we need people to speak out and make it clear how much Cambridge needs HEART! On Wed., Nov. 17 at 4 pm, the Council’s Public Safety Committee will hold a virtual hearing where the City Manager’s office will give an update on the City’s plans for funding alternative public safety and HEART. The Cambridge HEART team will also provide an update on program implementation plans. Cambridge HEART is led by The Black Response (TBR), a group of young Black Cambridge residents committed to implementing transformative practices and policies for public safety. HEART will provide the following services: conflict resolution through restorative and transformative practices; mutual aid services (access to food, material goods, etc.); public response (a non-violent approach to supporting the unhoused, intoxicated, those in crisis in public spaces from drugs, mental health issues, etc.); and proactive community cohesion through an aftercare team and other services. HEART is designed to function as a quasi non-governmental organization, funded by the City of Cambridge. The City must allocate funding for it to move forward as written. *Sign-up Form for Public Comment:* https://docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/1Ki-XpJP-Xe10UdoGWprnXwIkfmAbLuRgvWsOsa… *Talking Points and How to Email the Council:* https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MHVOkQ0jSN91Pr0sJTZsoHY0hBd8ndKdKkkPHQG… Please BCC lee(a)leefarris.net so we can know how many emails were sent. *For more inspiration, here is a great short video about HEART:* https://youtu.be/sKRO_7VhMAo Attached is a flyer that can be posted on social media. Please share this email widely. Hope to see you on Wednesday! Thanks for taking action, Lee Farris, President Cambridge Residents Alliance: *Working for a Livable, Affordable and Diverse Cambridge* https://www.cambridgeresidentsalliance.org/

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Fwd: public notary/delayed planning board meeting
by RUTH RYALS 17 Nov '21

17 Nov '21

HI Ruth - I hope that you are well. Could you send this our email list? Thanks - Norma Public Notary: All the members of our managing board @ Cambridge Cohousing on Richdale Ave. need to have their signatures on a document. We are hoping to arrange this for our members here @ the same time. If you are a notary and willing to consider this, please contact me @ normawassel(a)yahoo.com. **************************************************************************** Hi Ruth - I just learned that Winn, the developer for the Walden Square, asked for a postponement of their hearing (described below) before the planning board next week. Planning Board Public Hearing on Propose Building for Walden Square The Planning Board will hold an Advisory Design Consultation https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001XMRcobJTolnahCmlJfmrYKWYNn2Q4XGkUB15KZny11G… for WinnDevelopment Company's Walden Square II https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001XMRcobJTolnahCmlJfmrYKWYNn2Q4XGkUB15KZny11G… development on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. WinnDevelopment Company is proposing to build new affordable apartments on the site of an existing surface parking lot adjacent to Walden Square Apartments in North Cambridge. The proposed new construction will involve adding 131,331 square feet Gross Floor Area that includes 95 affordable apartments with 22 new off-street parking spaces, 84 long-term and 12 short-term bicycle parking spaces. The Planning Board will hear a presentation of the proposal from WinnDevelopment Company and comments from the public. This will be the first of two required advisory design consultation meetings. Written comments may be sent to planningboardcomment(a)cambridgema.gov mailto:planningboardcomment@cambridgema.gov . This meeting will be held remotely in accordance with Section 20 of Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2021. Additional information regarding the meeting can be found by clicking here https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001XMRcobJTolnahCmlJfmrYKWYNn2Q4XGkUB15KZny11G… . You can get more information and see the video about the proposed building at www.waldenneighbors.org. Planning Board Meetings - CDD - City of Cambridge, Massachusetts City of Cambridge Meeting Agendas, Hearing Notices and Transcripts for the Cambridge Planning Board. Questions concerning the application may be addressed to Swaathi Joseph at 617/349-4668 (TTY 617/349-4621), email sjoseph(a)cambridgema.gov mailto:sjoseph@cambridgema.gov .

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Fwd: car seat for a 1 year old
by Comcast 16 Nov '21

16 Nov '21

Ruth Ryals rryals(a)comcast.net ________________________________ From: Christine Tullius <c.tullius(a)comcast.net> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2021 12:17 PM To: Ruth Ryals Subject: car seat for a 1 year old Ruth, Could you please send this around for me to the Buena Vista group. Thank you!! Christine Hi Everyone, I have a visitor, with a one year old child, arriving on Friday. Would anyone have a car seat I could borrow from Thursday 11/18 through Wednesday 11/24? I’d be very grateful. Christine

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Fwd: Housing Perspectives: Do Older Homeowners with Mortgages Cut Back on Health Spending?
by raryals 15 Nov '21

15 Nov '21

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies <jchs(a)harvard.edu> Date: Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 11:03 AM Subject: Housing Perspectives: Do Older Homeowners with Mortgages Cut Back on Health Spending? To: <raryals(a)gmail.com> [image: Share] <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> Share <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> [image: Tweet] <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> Tweet <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> [image: LinkedIn] <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> LinkedIn <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> [image: Forward] <http://us7.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634&id=bf6…> Forward <http://us7.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634&id=bf6…> Do Older Homeowners with Mortgages Cut Back on Health Spending? <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> *By Samara Scheckler on Nov 15, 2021 07:00 am* Between 1989 and 2016 the share of homeowners 65 and older with outstanding mortgages doubled, and the outstanding loan-to-value ratio tripled from 13 to 39 percent. Older homeowners with mortgages are more likely to be cost-burdened (pay more than 30 percent of their income for housing) than older homeowners who don’t have a mortgage but it is not clear whether older owners are tapping debt to meet basic needs or using debt to purchase amenities that improve their quality of life. Chris Herbert, Jennifer Molinsky, Kacie Dragan, and I explored this question in “Older Adult Out-of-Pocket Pharmaceutical Spending After Home Mortgage Payoff <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…>,” a new working paper supported by the Social Security Administration and published by the University of Wisconsin’s Center for Financial Security. In the paper, we studied the spillover impacts between outstanding mortgage debt and healthcare use. Using two decades of panel data from the Health and Retirement Study, we assessed changes in out-of-pocket pharmaceutical spending around the time of mortgage payoff for householders over 50. My co-authors and I examined whether later life mortgage payments constrained healthcare spending for some households. Theoretically, after the last mortgage payment, lower housing costs free up income and make resources available to meet other needs. As many older adults struggle to simultaneously pay their health and housing costs, this research expands our understanding of the relationship between late life housing debt and health. Using a difference in differences analysis, we measured health spending before and after a household paid off its mortgage. We compared changes in out-of-pocket pharmaceutical spending around the period of mortgage payoff to the pharmaceutical spending in households that had no change in their mortgage payment. Our findings suggest that older adults spent 25 percent more on out-of-pocket pharmaceuticals after the mortgage was paid off. This suggests that many homeowners who carried a mortgage weren’t able to afford their medicine as prescribed by their doctors. There are serious health consequences to medication noncompliance, as patients who ration or forgo prescription drugs get sicker <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…>, are more likely to enter a nursing home <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…>, and are even more likely to die <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> . We also found notable differences by age. Households aged 50-64 spent nearly 50 percent more on out-of-pocket pharmaceuticals after paying off their mortgage, or about $20 more each month. In contrast, households 65 or older did not significantly change their out-of-pocket spending on pharmaceuticals after they paid off their mortgages. This is not immediately intuitive, since health needs and health spending tend to increase with age, and pent-up demand should in fact be greater for older households. The lack of correlation suggests that age-related subsidies such as Social Security and Medicare benefits eased health spending challenges for those over 65. These additional subsidies available to households around age 65 increased their ability to afford both health and housing. To reduce healthcare rationing by 50-64 year olds, subsidies could reduce the cost of their healthcare or housing, or to increase their income. The study contributes to our understanding of rising late-life mortgage debt. There are numerous pathways by which debt can destabilize older households, and researchers need to continue to clarify the welfare implications of older adult mortgage trends. Read in browser » <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> Recent Blog Posts: The Possible Impacts of Remote Work on Cities, Neighborhoods, and Households <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> Inclusionary and Incentive Zoning in the Six New England States <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> Using Community Income Levels to Help Tenants Get Emergency Rental Assistance <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> Designing a Nationwide Downpayment Assistance Program: Lessons from Five International Case Studies <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> Gains in Remodeling to Remain Robust <https://harvard.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=32bdef9ad4f5c24e42bebf634…> *Copyright © 2021 Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, All rights reserved.* -- Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com

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