
Officials Defend Revamped Boston Planning Department
Mayor Michelle Wu’s administration says its efforts to reform the city’s development process are already bearing fruit, but some city councilors appear skeptical.
Mayor Michelle Wu’s administration says its efforts to reform the city’s development process are already bearing fruit, but some city councilors appear skeptical.
Developers and real estate executives weren’t tapping furiously at their keyboards and burning up my phone line in praise of the mayor’s announcement of a $100 million “Housing Acceleration Fund.”
Development proposals with serious flaws would receive early notification from Boston officials under proposed changes to the Article 80 zoning code.