DSNI in the News

2023

Cross-Atlantic Learning

HUD Policy Development & Research EDGE | May 2, 2023

Student Homelessness can be reduced. Here’s how.

The Boston Globe | April 12, 2023

The neighborhood that got it right: How Uphams Corner got wealthier, not whiter

The Boston Globe | March 21, 2023

How to repair and rebuild a cracked foundation for housing justice

The Boston Globe | February 27, 2023

2022

Building Land for the People, by the People: Insights from a DSNI Community Organizer

Wellesley College Blogs | December 13, 2022

Mural Painting Begins at East Cottage Street and Norfolk Avenue Bridges as Part of MBTA Bridge Replacement Project

MBTA | October 28, 2022

Housing activists seek to expand land trusts

Bay State Banner | April 14, 2022

Safety Net Hospitals: Why BIPOC Wealth Creation is Needed to Achieve Health

Nonprofit Quarterly | April 11, 2022

Boston's racial homeownership gap has widened. What will it take to fix it?

WBUR | April 1, 2022

2016

Shuttered Campus Transformed to Equitable Worksite

Mayor's Office of Workforce Development | June 29, 2016

Groups from land trust network

Bay State Banner | April 27 , 2016

Faces of Displacement: After 41 years, Dot family can't go home again

Dorchester Reporter | April 20 , 2016

Dudley Street 2030: Group plans for future of the neighborhood

Bay State Banner | February 4 , 2016

Mattapan forums asking: How to help residents stay here?

Bay State Banner | January 21 , 2016

The reality of Gov. Hogan's Baltimore investment

The Baltimore Sun | January 17 , 2016

With GE move, John Barros again finds his stride

The Boston Globe | January 16 , 2016

Baker announces $3M in 'Urban Agenda' grants

Boston Business Journal | January 13 , 2016

New year of fairness

Boston Herald | January 3 , 2016

2015

Roxbury's new job-hinting website

Bay State Banner | December 29 , 2015

How to Get Rid of YourLandlord and Socialize American Housing, in 3 Easy Steps

The Nation | December 8 , 2015

Taking the Bureaucratic-Speak Out of Community Wealth Building

Next City | November 10 , 2015

Land, Co-ops, Compost: A Local Food Economy Emerges in Boston's Poorest Neighborhoods

YES!Magazine | November 7 , 2015

Bus Rapid Transit praised for Dudley but responsibility for implementing is divided

Bay State Banner | October 8 , 2015

Land Trusts Offer Houses People With Lower Income Can Afford - And a Stepping Stone to Lasting Wealth

YES! Magazine | September 17 , 2015

Communities Building Their Own Economies

Stanford Social Innovation Review | August 18 , 2015

Affordable Housing's Forever Solution

NextCity.org | August 10 , 2015

Getting a jump on financial literacy

Bay State Banner | August 6 , 2015

New resource center helps city youths make career connections

The Boston Globe | July 27 , 2015

Elders feel effects of housing prices

Bay State Banner | July 9 , 2015

Dudley Street developer agrees to affordability, diversity standards

Bay State Banner | July 9 , 2015

Taking on foreclosure in Four Corners

Bay State Banner | May 14 , 2015

Residents Call for Just Cause Eviction Policy

MySouthEnd.com | April 11 , 2015

Dorch. business lab seeks start-ups

Bay State Banner | March 18, 2015

A nun who brought hope for decades

The Boston Globe | March 11, 2015

After 30 years, Hope hero stepping down

BostonHerald.com | February 15, 2015

Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre opens dance classes in Dot

Dorchester Reporter | February 5, 2015

Tropical Foods to open store in Dudley Square

The Boston Globe | February 4, 2015

Chinatown creates land trust

BostonHerald.com | January 29, 2015

Chinatown group forms community land trust to fight gentrification

Bay State Banner | January 28, 2015

Charlie Baker focuses on housing, schools in visit to Roxbury

BostonHerald.com | January 9, 2015

After Inauguration, Gov. Baker Holds First Public Event In Dorchester

wbur.org | January 9, 2015

Baker visits Upham’s Corner in first stop as governor

whelp.com | January 8, 2015

Incoming Gov. Charlie Baker to hold public events across Mass. as part of 'Spotlight on Excellence' inaugural swing

masslive.com | January 2, 2015

Urban Farming, One Vacant Lot At A Time

Yes! Magazine | Winter 2015

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2014

Could Dudley Square be an incubator for tech firms?

The Boston Globe | December 10, 2014

USC Price centers convene national forum on initiatives aimed at poor

December 2, 2014

Honoring Boston’s Late Mayor Menino and the Dudley Street Initiative

Nonprofit Quarterly | November 19, 2014

Faith in land trusts

The Boston Globe | November 13, 2014

After a Long Impasse, A Win for Dudley Street?

Rooflines: The Shelterforce Blog | November 10, 2014

A mayor, and the people he touched

The Boston Globe | November 2, 2014

Hitting Construction Hiring Goals. How do you ensure that the jobs a new development is supposed to bring to a community actually go to underrepresented populations?

Shelterforce | November 1, 2014

DSNI celebrates 30 years

Bay State Banner | October 29, 2014

Walsh administration calls for 50,000 new units of housing in Boston

Bay State Banner | October 25, 2014

Seven things you should know about John Barros

The Boston Globe | October 19, 2014

The Food Movement Dilemma: Affordable to All

The Huffington Post | October 13, 2014

Troubled journey for vocational school

The Boston Globe | October 12, 2014

Filling Boston's Food Deserts With Healthier Options

wgbhnews.org | September 10, 2014

Quincy St. food business incubator to open Monday

Bay State Banner | September 5, 2014

Hundreds of Dorchester Residents Celebrate Community at Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative's Multicultural Festival

Bay State Banner | August 21, 2014

Alefe Pina Sets Up The Big Zipper

The Boston Globe | August 15, 2014

NABJ kicks off Boston conference with forum on development, gentrification

Bay State Banner | August 7, 2014

Trust and transformation in a Roxbury neighborhood

The Boston Globe | July 24, 2014

Dudley Neighbors Inc. celebrates 25 years building community through land trust

Bay State Banner | June 6, 2014

In Uphams Corner, he makes art hit home

The Boston Globe | May 31, 2014

Legal Issues Arise When Mentally Ill Children Become Adults

wgbhnews.org | May 6, 2014

Neighborhood as Refuge: Community Reconstruction, Place Remaking, and Environmental Justice in the City

The MIT Press | April 1, 2014

Urban Farming on Community Land Trusts

Land Lines | April 1, 2014

What Mayor Walsh's $3.1 Million Upham's Corner Investment Means for Public Art

BostonInno | April 30, 2014

Barros tapped as Walsh's economic development chief

Dorchester Reporter | February 10, 2014

John Barros joins cabinet; Mayor Marty Walsh defends record on hiring

Bay State Banner | February 12, 2014

Finalists selected for Uphams Corner art initiative

boston.com | January 14, 2014

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2013

A Community Innovation Lab

Harvard Magazine | January 1, 2013

Boston Promise Initiative Announcement

DSNI | January 1, 2013

In Dorchester, a slain youth is remembered through art

boston.com | August 23, 2013

Multicultural Festival set for Saturday

boston.com | August 9, 2013

New DSNI leader brings grassroots zeal to job

Dorchester Reporter | December 12, 2013

Want to Change the World (and Not Get Burnt Out)? Start with Your Neighborhood

YES! Magazine | August 27, 2013

HUD chief, Menino salute start of Quincy Street revamp

Dorchester Reporter | October 31, 2013

New legislation may bring more farming to Boston

boston.com | November 19, 2013

Dorchester’s Quincy Street Corridor gets $100 million investment

Bay State Banner | November 10, 2013

Barros wants to energize city’s young professionals

Dorchester Reporter | June 6, 2013

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2012

2011

Boston We Hardly Knew You

APAPLANNINGBOOKS.com | January, 2011

Summer Jobs Reduce Crime and We Can Prove It

Dorchester Reporter | August 4, 2011

Job Fair Brings Teens Employers Together

Bay State Banner | March 24, 2011

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2010

2009

2008

Shelter from foreclosures: Group helps Roxbury residents keep their homes

The Boston Globe | January 21, 2008

No Foreclosures Here

YES! Magazine | October31, 2008

A Foreclosure Free Option

The Boston Globe | January 23, 2008

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2005

Greenhouse Helps Drive Growth in Roxbury

The Boston Globe | May 11, 2005

Dorchester Woman Makes Neighborhood Safe For All

The Boston Globe | May 24, 2005

Make Eminent Domain Fair For All

The Boston Globe | August 12, 2005

Salvation Army Seeks Uphams Corner Facility

The Boston Globe | October 28, 2005

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2000

Ten Just-Right Urban Markets For Affordable Homeownership

The Marketing Power of Emerging Communities | 2000

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1997

1996

Urban Village eyed for Dudley St. Neighborhood

Boston Herald | February 19, 1996