August 25, 2018

Community Control of Land & Housing

August 25, 2018/ CACHE

Community Control of Land & Housing: Exploring strategies for combating displacement, expanding ownership, and building community wealth. This report from Democracy Collaborative is based on dozens of interviews with practitioners, academics, and community members, as well as a review of various reports, studies, and surveys. The report shares the resulting findings through key research insights, a review of best practices, and relevant examples. It seeks to broaden awareness, discourse, and adoption of community control of land and housing strategies among various stakeholders who have a genuine desire to see stable, healthy, equitable, and sustainable local communities flourish.

Read the full report here.

July 23, 2018

Can a Community Hospital Stick To Its Mission When It Goes For Profit

July 23, 2018/ CACHE

"After 130 years as a nonprofit with deep roots in the community, Mission Health announced in March that it was seeking to be bought by HCA Healthcare, the nation's largest for-profit hospital chain. HCA owns 178 hospitals in 20 states and the United Kingdom.

The pending sale reflects a controversial national trend in the U.S. as hospitals consolidate at an accelerating pace and the cost of health care continues to rise. Proponents of hospital mergers say the change can help struggling nonprofit hospitals "thrive," with an infusion of cash to invest in updated technology and top clinical staff. But research shows the price of care, especially for low-income patients, usually rises when a hospital joins a for-profit corporation..."

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Steven Findlay | July 19, 2018

This piece appears in Shots: Health News from NPR

June 29, 2018

Why Boston Medical Center is Investing in Housing

June 29, 2018/ CACHE

BMC’s housing investment is tied to a renovation of its campus in the South End. The state requires that 5 percent of the cost of a hospital expansion be reinvested in community health. BMC chose to spend the money on housing. The initiative also includes $1 million to help families fight evictions, $1 million to create a housing stabilization program for people with complex medical issues, and $1 million to support a grocery store at a development in Roxbury.

Simón Rios | June 27, 2018

This piece appears in the Common Health Newsletter of WBUR

June 02, 2018

Hospitals address social determinants of health through community cooperation and partnerships→

June 02, 2018/ CACHE

Health systems and community stakeholders around the country are choosing collaborations to address the social factors that have created great health disparities between low-income and more-affluent neighborhoods. See pilots and lessons learned in this piece from Modern Healthcare on how health systems are reinvesting back into the community.

Steven Ross Johnson | June 2, 2018

This piece appears in the Care Delivery section of Modern Healthcare

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