An analysis of a new bill proposed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren would fund 273,000 new affordable housing units per year over 10 years, according to an analysis by Moody’s Analytics commissioned by Warren’s office and released Monday.
Proposals for multifamily housing at the Boston Public Library’s West End branch are being sought from developers, as city officials seek to maximize housing production at underutilized municipal real estate parcels.
Boston officials are looking for a few good ideas – $50 million worth, to be precise.
Citing housing affordability hurdles that are compounding workforce challenges, one of the state’s largest health care employers is getting behind a proposal to allow cities and towns in Massachusetts to put a new fee on housing transactions.
Boston mayoral candidate Andrea Campbell told an audience at an online forum Wednesday that she would remove fully-affordable multifamily developments from the city’s Article 80 approvals process if elected.
