Recapitalizing Brownfield Fund Is Good For Housing In The Commonwealth
While it may not seem like the most likely of places to find a way to help solve our housing problem, a proposal to recapitalize the highly effective Brownfield Development Fund is just that. In the last six years alone, the investment in the fund has supported the...
MassWorks Assistance Can Help Boost Housing Supply
Housing is in short supply in the Greater Boston area, and what is built can be prohibitively expensive. The recently released annual housing study from Northeastern University’s Center for Urban and Regional Policy, “The Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2015: The...
The HOME Program: Something We Can’t Afford To Lose
We’re getting accustomed to gridlock in Washington, and it’s unsettling. Stalled budget agreements and sequestration are consequences of the ongoing stalemate between Republicans and Democrats in Congress. Because of the continued disagreement over the size and role...Olympics-Inspired Housing: A Sure Way To Guarantee Our Future
Let’s go for it. No, the Olympics aren’t coming to Boston in 2024. Maybe that’s a good thing; maybe it’s not. But we have done something remarkable, because this effort to go for the gold forced us to do something we do too little of: think big. Back in early 2014,...Not Just Carrots And Sticks: Empowering Local Government On Housing
When it comes to effecting the changes needed to increase housing production, we just can’t seem to get it together, even though almost everyone agrees that a sufficient supply of housing is a vital element in a future in which Massachusetts is economically...Investing In The Future Of Public Housing
High quality public housing is a resource we cannot afford to lose, but because resources are very limited, every day and across the country hundreds of units are lost as they fall into disrepair. An innovation by the federal government piloted in the last few years...Greater Boston Lags On Affordable Housing Front
Housing is expensive in Massachusetts, compared to most places in the nation, and that inhibits the commonwealth’s ability to retain employees of all kinds. It weakens our economy and reduces our competitiveness.
