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Neighborhood associations play a critical role in shaping a community. However, without putting deliberate thought into, and continually reflecting on, who is participating and how to incorporate the full range of community members’ perspectives, neighborhood associations can end up running against the goals of the wider demographic, especially of those whose voices are marginalized or left out of the public discourse. Here are 3 strategies to start improving your neighborhood association, distilled from what we at Perci have discovered by engaging with stakeholders across the planning and development lifecycle.

Last month, The Boston Foundation released its annual Greater Boston Housing Report Card, telling an all-too-familiar story amidst the growing national housing affordability crisis: too few homes are being produced to keep up with growing demand and those that are built don’t serve the people who need them. In the Boston metro area, almost half of the residents pay more than a third of their household income towards keeping a roof over their heads.