Population Type: Home Inscure

Creating Housing Opportunities for All Generations (Housing Plan)

This project was completed as part of the 2017-2018 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with the City of Ramsey. The City of Ramsey has long had a goal to create destinations in the community for residents to shop, eat, and enjoy entertainment. Market forces make achieving this goal challenging, and current efforts have fallen short […]

Creating Housing Opportunities for All Generations (Housing Plan)

This project was completed as part of the 2017-2018 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with the City of Ramsey. Ramsey’s housing plan was last updated in 2008. The plan identified numerous strategies for achieving the City’s housing goals, including increased housing density, redeveloping underutilized land, and engaging underserved populations. Since then, the City has made […]

Homelessness Assessment

The purpose of this project is to develop new analysis tools to assess the size, location, and change in Auburn’s homeless populations. Students will assess current practices and strategies used by Auburn and other municipalities, and describe potential new tools appropriate for Auburn. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Livable […]

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Tracking Sewage Spill Overflows in Seaside

The objective of this study was to assess the spatial and temporal resolution of Sewer Spills and Overflows (SSO’s) in order to determine possible causes of these events in the City of Seaside. The two major categories of SSO’s in Seaside include those associated with either solidified waste water containing high concentrations of fat, oil, […]

Assessment of Auburn Task Force on Homelessness Recommendations

In November 2015, Mayor Nancy Backus convened Auburn’s task force on Homelessness. They developed a list of recommendations and consensus items on how to address the city’s current condition of homelessness that will be brought to the city council. The overarching purpose of this project is to engage students in assessing these recommendations and developing […]

Habitat for Humanity: Understanding Community Perceptions

Habitat for Humanity has a history of helping families find affordable housing in Orange County. To build on this past success, students studying public relations will conduct a survey and series of interviews to better understand how to reach qualified applicants and engage volunteers and donors. Read the final student report delivered to the local […]

Habitat for Humanity: Understanding Community Perceptions

Exploring Homelessness and Housing Insecurity – Sociological Research Methods

Graduate sociology students study the issue of homelessness and housing insecurity in the city of Chelsea through a literature review, series of interviews with service providers, an ethnographic study, and Census data analysis. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. MetroBridge Projects Contact Info University Faculty Contact Jessica Simes Sociology simes@bu.edu […]

Increasing Landlord Participation in Rental Assistance Programs

Discover the barriers that discourage rental property owners and managers in Scott County from accepting Section 8 vouchers, identify opportunities to correct misinformation or misperceptions of the program or the people who participate in it, create a marketing strategy to encourage greater rental property owner and manager participation in the program in the future, and […]

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