BPDA Drops Parking Minimums for Affordable Projects
The pending blanket elimination of minimum parking requirements is expected to remove hurdles to affordable housing production in Boston.
Parking Podiums Seen as Threat to Main Street
Boston officials are seeking new powers to reject condo and apartment developments that locate parking decks instead of retail shops on the ground floor.
Edwards, O’Malley Call for Boston to Launch Fair Housing Testing
Boston City Councilors Lydia Edwards and Matt O’Malley are calling for the city to establish its own fair housing testing program in the wake of a Suffolk University Law School report that found significant discrimination against prospective Black renters.
Finding a Path to Vibrant Storefronts in Boston
Boston needs tools similar to Arlington’s vacant storefront fee in our economic development toolbox – not to penalize landlords, but to benefit the small businesses who should have access to vacant space.
War on Vacancies Heats Up
Retail has been the weak link in Greater Boston’s commercial real estate boom, and one that’s attracting increased scrutiny from municipalities because of vacant storefronts’ tendency to sap vibrancy and spread blight.
