MacArthur Foundation
The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, the Foundation works to defend human rights, advance global conservation and security, make cities better places, and understand how technology is affecting children and society.
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Innovative, multigenerational housing for seniors and families adopting children from foster care in Easthampton...
A socially innovative, 13-year process to build mixed-income housing for senior citizens and families with foster or pre-adoptive children has been completed and fully occupied. Not only do the homes and apartments of Easthampton Meadow in Easthampton ...
MacArthur Awards $2.7 Million to Support Research on How Housing Matters to Children’s Education...
Chicago, IL - March 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The MacArthur Foundation announced five grants totaling $2.7 million for research to explore the role housing plays in the long-term health and well-being of children, families, and communities. Recipi...
RealEstateRama 2011-10-26 10:16:49
Washington, D.C. - October 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) today announced the launch of a bipartisan Housing Commission that will address the long-term challenges facing a struggling housing sector. Former U.S. Secret...
MacArthur Awards $5.6 Million to Support Research on How Housing Matters to Children, Families,...
Chicago, IL - February 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today announced nine grants totaling $5.6 million for research to explore the role housing plays in the long-term health and well-being of children, families, and communities. Recipients will mine and connect existing data sets, such as the U.S. Census and school statistics, in new ways to reveal insights into the effectiveness of housing policies and related public programs
Former Residents of Chicago’s Madden/Wells Public Housing Now Live in Better Housing, Safer Neighborhoods
August 11, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- New research funded by MacArthur and carried out by the Urban Institute suggests that families that moved from Chicago’s Madden/Wells public housing community, as part of the city’s plan to transform public housing, now live in better housing and safer neighborhoods. But, the report says, poor health is keeping many out of the workforce.
