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Inequities in Boston

A guide for instructors to use as part of their curricula, about inequities that are always present in the Boston area, but have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Housing

Housing advocates make last-ditch efforts to lift ban on rent control, extend COVID-19 eviction moratorium
Erin Tiernan, Boston Herald, July 27, 2020
Racial Equity in Housing in the Time of COVID-19
Report from The Boston Foundation, July 14, 2020
Housing Stability: COVID-19 and Beyond
Report from The Boston Foundation

How COVID-19 Affects the Unhoused

Boston Secures Enough Kits For Universal Testing Of People Who Are Homeless And Shelter Workers
Lynn Jolicoeur, WBUR, April 24, 2020
CDC report highlights spread of COVID-19 in homeless shelters
Drew Karedes, Boston 25 News, Updated April 22, 2020
Confirmed coronavirus cases among Boston’s homeless tops 400
Danny McDonald, Boston Globe, Updated April 22, 2020
Addressing COVID-19 Among People Experiencing Homelessness: Description, Adaptation, and Early Findings of a Multiagency Response in Boston
Baggett, Racine, Lewis, et al., Public Health Reports, 2020, Vol. 135(4) 435-441
Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Prevalence in Homeless Shelters — Four U.S. Cities, March 27–April 15, 2020
CDC Report, May 1, 2020
COVID-19 outbreak at a large homeless shelter in Boston: Implications for universal testing
Preprint article
Epidemiology of COVID-19 among people experiencing homelessness: Early evidence from Boston
From COVID-19: Annals of Family Medicine

Homelessness by Arthur Gillard (Editor)
ISBN: 9780737765250
Publication Date: 2012-04-04
Citizens Without Shelter by Leonard C. Feldman
ISBN: 0801441242
Publication Date: 2004-04-22