Three Big Ideas for Fixing Boston’s Housing Production Problem
The decline in housing production in Boston, a city already beset with some of the nation’s highest prices and rents, has gone from bad to worse to simply catastrophic.
Q&A: Boston Mayoral Candidate Josh Kraft Talks Housing
Josh Kraft is centering his campaign around issues like housing, bike lanes and the reconstruction of White Stadium – all of which he calls “failed policies” of the Wu administration.
Lower Fed Rates Haven’t Opened the Housing Floodgates
Developers pulled building permits for just 82 new Boston units in the last two months, the worst fall showing in nearly a decade. The cost of city policies is partly to blame.
Has the Post-COVID Economy Broken Inclusionary Zoning?
Bravo to Mayor Michelle Wu and her team for thinking boldly about ways the city can get housing development unstuck. But her preferred solution – significant tax breaks – raises questions about the viability of high affordable housing mandates.
Top Official Disputes Wu’s Policies Aiding Development Downturn
Sheila Dillon, Boston’s chief of housing, lays the blame for a downturn in the construction of new units at the feet of larger economic headwinds and high interest rates.
Overseeing a Diversifying Portfolio in Massachusetts
Gary Kerr is the face of Greystar’s expanding profile in Massachusetts commercial real estate, as its developments rise in East Bridgewater, Somerville and Everett.
Boston Councilors Want Affordable Units in More Projects
Boston city councilors demanded immediate changes to the city’s inclusionary development policy, expressing impatience with the pace of a study on requirements for affordable units in new multifamily projects.
