Molly Richard
@mollyrichard.bsky.social
Providence, Boston, or on a train somewhere | Postdoctoral fellow @buciss.bsky.social | homelessness, housing, health equity
Reposted by Molly Richard
Reporters should include it in their articles when the White House refuses to respond to a question because a reporter has pronouns in their bio. PRINT IT. EVERY TIME. OVER AND OVER.
“As a matter of policy, we do not respond to reporters with pronouns in their bios,” Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, wrote to a New York Times reporter who had inquired about the potential closing of a famed climate research observatory.
Policy, folks. Policy.
Policy, folks. Policy.
April 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Reporters should include it in their articles when the White House refuses to respond to a question because a reporter has pronouns in their bio. PRINT IT. EVERY TIME. OVER AND OVER.
Reposted by Molly Richard
Recently, @buoncities.bsky.social affiliates @mollyrichard.bsky.social (@buciss.bsky.social) and @kentoncard.bsky.social (IOC Visiting Urban Scholar & @curaumn.bsky.social) prominently shared their work on housing and good/just cause eviction protections in the U.S.
🔗 www.bu.edu/ioc/2025/03/...
🔗 www.bu.edu/ioc/2025/03/...
March 15, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Recently, @buoncities.bsky.social affiliates @mollyrichard.bsky.social (@buciss.bsky.social) and @kentoncard.bsky.social (IOC Visiting Urban Scholar & @curaumn.bsky.social) prominently shared their work on housing and good/just cause eviction protections in the U.S.
🔗 www.bu.edu/ioc/2025/03/...
🔗 www.bu.edu/ioc/2025/03/...
Reposted by Molly Richard
Just-cause eviction protections do what they are intended to do without negative impacts
"The first recent studies have shown that just-cause eviction legislation meets its stated goals," said Dr. Molly Richards. "It leads to decreased evictions and eviction filings."
"The first recent studies have shown that just-cause eviction legislation meets its stated goals," said Dr. Molly Richards. "It leads to decreased evictions and eviction filings."
Just-cause eviction protections do what they are intended to do without negative impacts
"The first recent studies have shown that just-cause eviction legislation meets its stated goals," said Dr. Molly Richards. "It leads to decreased evictions and eviction filings."
steveahlquist.substack.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Just-cause eviction protections do what they are intended to do without negative impacts
"The first recent studies have shown that just-cause eviction legislation meets its stated goals," said Dr. Molly Richards. "It leads to decreased evictions and eviction filings."
"The first recent studies have shown that just-cause eviction legislation meets its stated goals," said Dr. Molly Richards. "It leads to decreased evictions and eviction filings."
Reposted by Molly Richard
Almost half of renters in Greater Boston are cost-burdened.
This is why we need cities and towns to be able to pass rent control to stabilize rents and transfer fees to fund affordable housing, and we need more affordable rental supply overall.
www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/30/b...
This is why we need cities and towns to be able to pass rent control to stabilize rents and transfer fees to fund affordable housing, and we need more affordable rental supply overall.
www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/30/b...
When it comes to affording housing in Greater Boston, renters struggle more than owners, new data shows - The Boston Globe
Far more renters than owners in the Boston metro area spent 30 percent or more of their income on housing between 2019 and 2023.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 30, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Almost half of renters in Greater Boston are cost-burdened.
This is why we need cities and towns to be able to pass rent control to stabilize rents and transfer fees to fund affordable housing, and we need more affordable rental supply overall.
www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/30/b...
This is why we need cities and towns to be able to pass rent control to stabilize rents and transfer fees to fund affordable housing, and we need more affordable rental supply overall.
www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/30/b...
Reposted by Molly Richard
As books are burned & banned, it’s important that all of U.S. history is forever amplified and not hidden.
The holiday season meant something very different for American slaves, my ancestors.
ibw21.org/reparations/...
The holiday season meant something very different for American slaves, my ancestors.
ibw21.org/reparations/...
The Dark History of New Year's Day in American Slavery
By Olivia B. Waxman — "Of all days in the year, the slaves dread New Year's Day the worst of any," one 1842 account explained. Here's why.
ibw21.org
December 30, 2024 at 3:22 PM
As books are burned & banned, it’s important that all of U.S. history is forever amplified and not hidden.
The holiday season meant something very different for American slaves, my ancestors.
ibw21.org/reparations/...
The holiday season meant something very different for American slaves, my ancestors.
ibw21.org/reparations/...
Reposted by Molly Richard
In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of "inadequate housing."
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance
In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be chea...
www.propublica.org
December 30, 2024 at 8:02 PM
In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of "inadequate housing."
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
Reposted by Molly Richard
For the past year, @propublica.org has been reporting on the toll when a city "sweeps" an encampment. We handed out cards so folks could write in their own words what it meant to have their belongings trashed.
We're publishing dozens of those stories here:
projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...
We're publishing dozens of those stories here:
projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...
“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps
Cities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so th...
projects.propublica.org
December 27, 2024 at 1:39 PM
For the past year, @propublica.org has been reporting on the toll when a city "sweeps" an encampment. We handed out cards so folks could write in their own words what it meant to have their belongings trashed.
We're publishing dozens of those stories here:
projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...
We're publishing dozens of those stories here:
projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...
Reposted by Molly Richard
The number of cost-burdened renters has hit yet another record high, and affordability has worsened up and down the income scale, leaving low-income households with less than ever before. @airbrycki.bsky.social @aherm.bsky.social @sophiawedeen.bsky.social.
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/renters...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/renters...
Renters’ Affordability Challenges Worsened Last Year
The number of cost-burdened renter households hit yet another record high last year, according to the most recent data from the American Community Sur
www.jchs.harvard.edu
December 16, 2024 at 2:58 PM
The number of cost-burdened renters has hit yet another record high, and affordability has worsened up and down the income scale, leaving low-income households with less than ever before. @airbrycki.bsky.social @aherm.bsky.social @sophiawedeen.bsky.social.
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/renters...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/renters...
Reposted by Molly Richard
"lower-income renter households continue to bear the brunt of the affordability crisis...In 2023, lower-income renters (<$30k) dedicated a staggering 80% of their household incomes to rent and utilities, compared to 60% in 2001 and 68% in 2019."
From @airbrycki.bsky.social @harvard-jchs.bsky.social.
From @airbrycki.bsky.social @harvard-jchs.bsky.social.
December 16, 2024 at 5:33 PM
"lower-income renter households continue to bear the brunt of the affordability crisis...In 2023, lower-income renters (<$30k) dedicated a staggering 80% of their household incomes to rent and utilities, compared to 60% in 2001 and 68% in 2019."
From @airbrycki.bsky.social @harvard-jchs.bsky.social.
From @airbrycki.bsky.social @harvard-jchs.bsky.social.
If you want to hear about cutting edge homelessness research, policy, and how we can protect vulnerable communities in the next administration, don’t miss this webinar today at 3pm EST:
Our 2024 Election webinar happens in just two hours!
Join @mkushel.bsky.social, Marc Dones, Chione Flegal, and
Marcy Thompson for an expert-led discussion on potential policy impacts, service delivery challenges, and strategies.
📅 Dec. 11 | 🕛 12-1PM PST
🔗 Don't miss it: buff.ly/4fKizCG
Join @mkushel.bsky.social, Marc Dones, Chione Flegal, and
Marcy Thompson for an expert-led discussion on potential policy impacts, service delivery challenges, and strategies.
📅 Dec. 11 | 🕛 12-1PM PST
🔗 Don't miss it: buff.ly/4fKizCG
December 11, 2024 at 6:26 PM
If you want to hear about cutting edge homelessness research, policy, and how we can protect vulnerable communities in the next administration, don’t miss this webinar today at 3pm EST:
I heard this is a wholesome space so to start off at the intersection of my housing and cat interests: here’s the gingerbread house / ski chalet I built for my cat, Bernoulli, over the weekend.
December 11, 2024 at 6:21 PM
I heard this is a wholesome space so to start off at the intersection of my housing and cat interests: here’s the gingerbread house / ski chalet I built for my cat, Bernoulli, over the weekend.
Hello! It’s my first day here. Here to post and follow about housing & homelessness, action research, teaching in higher ed, touching grass, being queer, and loving my cats. 👋
December 11, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Hello! It’s my first day here. Here to post and follow about housing & homelessness, action research, teaching in higher ed, touching grass, being queer, and loving my cats. 👋