Summer 2004
Complete Issue

Contents

• Transforming Public Housing into Affordable Assisted Living
  Assisted living facilities provide seniors with care services and independence, but they are often prohibitively expensive. Stephen Gardiner explains how elderly public housing can be converted to provide assisted living to low-income seniors.
• Sprawl vs. Smart Growth — The Power of the Public Purse
  Public investment decisions can have a major impact on how development occurs. Beth Humstone explores how sprawl and smart growth patterns of development are influenced by state and local government spending.
• Quality of Life Improves in Brockton — Community Lenders Fight for the City of Champions
  For over a decade, community lenders in Brockton, Massachusetts, have been working together to revitalize this urban center. Leo MacNeil reports on the Brockton Housing Partnership's efforts to increase homeownership, improve social services, and build community.
• Finding New Challenges in Chinatown
  The president of Asian American Bank, Raymond Tung, shares the lessons he has learned at the helm of a community bank founded to meet the financial services needs of Boston's Asian immigrant community.

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