Officials provided new details on how developers could receive approval for bigger projects in downtown Boston in exchange for bankrolling an assortment of community benefits, ranging from affordable housing to transportation upgrades.
Boston officials will offer developers density bonuses to build taller buildings that include housing in the downtown area as part of a strategy to revive the central business district.
Cambridge is considering a bold step designed to boost its affordable housing inventory: allow developers to build taller buildings anywhere in the city if they agree to build only 100 percent income-restricted units.
A draft report of Imagine Boston 2030 – the first citywide master plan in a half-century – released Thursday spotlights concerns about housing prices and displacement of lower- and middle-class residents, recommending that developers be given density bonuses to include income-restricted affordable units in multifamily projects.
