Is a Motel Room Affordable Housing? Methuen Officials Are Arguing Yes

In a case that shows the lengths communities will go to stop a housing project from getting built, Methuen officials are trying to leverage the state’s use of a Days Inn motel as an emergency shelter for homeless families to block a proposal to build 300 rental units on a parcel that straddles the city’s border with neighboring Dracut. 

City Hall in Boston, Massachusetts. Built in the 1960's and located in Government Center. It is generally disliked by Bostonians. The type of architecture is "brutalist".

The One YIMBY Running in Boston

One is better than none, but when only one out of 34 people running for seats on the Boston City Council appears to truly get what needs to be done to fix the housing crisis, we’ve got a problem.

As Pipeline Slows, Boston Looks for Housing Stimulants

Legalize triple-deckers by-right in all neighborhoods? Allow taller buildings as bonuses for affordability? Eliminate on-site parking? Boston officials and housing advocates are taking a look at a variety of unorthodox ways to accelerate multifamily production.