learn ABOut ZONINg
& Newton history
[Rev. 10/24/20]
Newton Materials
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Debating Single-Family Zoning in Newton, 1922-1953 (Alice Ingerson)
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Newton Zoning Timeline, 1921–53 (Alice Ingerson)
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Boston Area Race & Income Dot Maps (showing Newton)
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Commentary: Newton's tarnished image (Bob Engler, Newton TAB, 7/12/15—re City's claim to have reached 1.5%-land-area Chapter 40B minimum)
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The character of the neighborhood in Newtonville (Rev. Howard Haywood, Newton TAB, 1/21/15)—re Austin Street debates
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Myrtle Baptist Church: Pillar of the Community (2011 documentary)
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Newton Talks: Katy and Howard Haywood (4/12/18 interview—video + link to transcript)
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Newton Talks: Kathy and Hubie Jones (4/4/19 interview—video + link to transcript)
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Celebration of the Life and Mission of Rev. Howard Haywood (2018 event, including presentations by Nadine Cohen, David Harris, Hubie Jones, and Rev. Haywood, on fair and affordable housing)
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African-American community of Newton has long legacy (Newton TAB, 2/28/17)
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The Civil Rights Movement in Newton, 1950-1970 (pamphlet by Katherine Jones, Lillie Jefferson, Nina King, 2002)
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Low–Moderate Income Housing Study (Newton Planning Dept., 1968). See especially, pp. 10–14, “Community Attitudes on Housing: The Dichotomy.”
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Story of the Newton Community Development Foundation (NCDF Community News, 50th anniversary edition, Early Fall 2018)
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Rte 128: Boston’s Road to Segregation (Joint report by MA State Advisory Committee to US Commission on Civil Rights & MA State Commission Against Discrimination, 1975)
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Mayor Fuller's Update on Zoning Redesign (9/25/20)
webinars
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Zoned Out: Why Massachusetts Needs to Legalize Apartments Near Transit (The Boston Foundation, 10/21/20)
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Presentation to Newton-Needham Chamber (12/7/20; slides here)
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11/17/20 talk by Richard Rothstein about his 2017 book, followed by Q&A, then talk with Richard Evans, Newton native and former resident of "The Village," the historic Black Newton neighborhood destroyed by Mass Pike construction in the 1960s; then overview of Zoning Redesign by Councilor Deb Crossley, Chair of ZAP (Zoning & Planning Committee). The event was sponsored by the Newton Free Library, FORJ, and the LWVN (League of Women Voters of Newton), and was part of the forum series "Overdue: Confronting Race and Racism in Newton."
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Learning from Successful Strategies (Building a Better Brookline forum, 7/26/20)—How Somerville, MA, and Minneapolis, MN, pursued zoning reform and increasing the supply of affordable housing, from both planning and advocacy perspectives.
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4/9/20 Newton-Needham Chamber panel with Bill Reyelt, Principal Planner, Smart Growth Programs, MA Dept. of Housing & Community Development; Julie Mercier, Community Devel. Director, Reading; David Gillespie, VP–Development, AvalonBay
Websites, Studies, Reports
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Black Lives Matter. (6/3/20 Statement by CEO Rachel Heller)
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The State of Zoning for Multi-Family Housing in Greater Boston (Amy Dain, June 2019)
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MAPC (Metropolitan Area Planning Association)
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Metro Mayors Coalition Housing Compact. "After factoring in the housing demand created by... new workers, the increasing number of senior households, and the changing needs of existing residents, we estimate that the [15 municipalities of the] Metro Mayors Coalition will need to add 185,000 housing units from 2015–2030 in order to meet demand and reduce—or at least stabilize—housing costs." [Newton is one of the 15.]
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The Waning Influence of Housing Production on Public School Enrollment (Oct. 2017 research brief)
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The State of Zoning for Multi-Family Housing in Greater Boston (Amy Dain, June 2019)
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MHP (Massachusetts Housing Partnership)
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TODEX (Transit-Oriented Development Explorer)
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2020 Greater Boston Housing Report Card: A series exploring the impact of COVID-19 and inequity on housing in Greater Boston (The Boston Foundation)
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Eliminating Exclusionary Land Use Regulations Should Be the Civil Rights Issue of Our Time (JCHS, 2019)
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Overcoming Opposition to Multifamily Rental Housing (JCHS, 2007)
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Local Housing Solutions (NYU Furman Center resource)
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Supply Skepticism (NYU Furman Center, 2018)—report responding in depth to key arguments of those who doubt increasing supply of market-rate housing will result in housing that is more affordable.
Housing & Zoning Videos
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Segregated by Design/The Color of Law (Mark Lopez, Richard Rothstein)
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The Disturbing History of the Suburbs (Adam Ruins Everything)
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Cruel Musical Chairs (or Why Is Rent So High?) (Sightline Institute)
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Housing Segregation in Everything (NPR/Code Switch)
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Zoning Matters: How Land-Use Policies Shape Our Lives (Urban Institute)
General Articles, Podcasts
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How Has Boston Gotten Away with Being Segregated for So Long? (Boston Magazine, 12/8/20)
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Newton takes aim at its history of single-family zoning (Boston Globe, 10/22/20)
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Zoning and Land Use Rules are the Key to Affordability (NewCities, 9/18/20)
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Fixing Greater Boston’s housing crisis starts with legalizing apartments near transit (Brookings, 10/14/20)
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Can Upzoning Newton Catalyze Housing Equality in Greater Boston? (Banker & Tradesman, 9/20/20))
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Tear down this paper wall, Newton (Boston Globe, 8/23/20)
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Housing will test white support for Black lives (Boston Globe, 8/21/20)
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Housing’s Racial History (Land Matters podcast, 9/3/20)
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A Conversation About Making Cities More Equitable (NY Times, 8/26/20)
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Trump's ‘Suburban Lifestyle Dream’ Is Real: Just Look At Greater Boston’s Housing Plans (Cognoscenti, WBUR, 8/24/20)
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The Black Lives Next Door (NY Times, 8/14/20)
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Trump’s tweets about saving the “Suburban Lifestyle Dream,” explained (Vox.com, 8/3/20)
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How Do We Change the Narrative Around Housing? (Shelterforce, 7/27/20)
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Zoning is major artery of systemic racism (CommonWealth, 7/27/20)
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To Avoid Integration, Americans Built Barricades in Urban Space (The Atlantic, 6/20/20))
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What Is Owed (NY Times, 6/3/20)
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Now is the time to embrace density (NY Times, 5/12/20)
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The Cities We Need (NY Times, 5/11/20)
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America’s Cities Could House Everyone if They Chose To (NY Times, 5/15/20)
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Newton and other communities must reform housing approval process (Boston Globe, 3/8/20)
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Will upzoning neighborhoods make homes more affordable? (Curbed, 1/30/20)
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The Neighborhoods We Will Not Share (NY Times, 1/20/20)
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“Gentle” density can save our neighborhoods (Brookings Institution, 12/4/19)
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Zoning and Race: If Black Lives Matter, then City Zoning Laws Must Change (Nonprofit Quarterly, 7/1/20)
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Minneapolis Saw That NIMBYism Has Victims (CityLab, 10/24/19)
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“You have a better chance of achieving ‘the American dream’ in Canada than in America” (Ezra Klein Show, vox.com, 8/15/19)
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How Segregation Caused Your Traffic Jam (NY Times, 8/14/19)
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Cities Start to Question an American Ideal: A House With a Yard on Every Lot (NY Times, 6/18/19)
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The Scarlet E: Unmasking America’s Eviction Crisis (On the Media podcast series, June 2019)
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How ‘redlining’ dashed dreams, hurt neighborhoods (Dorchester Reporter, 5/29/19)
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This Is How You Slow-Walk into a Housing Shortage (Sightline Institute, 5/23/18)
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How Redlining’s Racist Effects Lasted for Decades (NY Times, 8/24/17)
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‘Exclusionary zoning’ is opportunity hoarding by upper middle class (Brookings, 5/24/17)
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The Case for Reparations (The Atlantic, June 2014)