Urban planners’ visions of a high-density housing boom steps from rapid transit service haven’t materialized five years after the adoption of Massachusetts’ MBTA Communities zoning law.
Massachusetts is unlikely to meet the Healey administration’s goal for 220,000 new housing units’ completion by 2035, according to a new report analyzing the state of the residential real estate market.
To address a shrinking but still substantial racial wealth gap, Massachusetts’ should expand programs that encourage developers to build home ownership condominiums, a Boston Foundation analysis concludes.
Boston has fallen behind in addressing the climate crisis according to a new report that urges city leaders to expand electrification of small residential buildings and step up its coastal resiliency planning and funding agenda.
Not everyone wants to live in an apartment or condominium. In fact, plenty of people, young families included, still want that suburban home with the white picket fence but find themselves boxed out
