With many Boston cultural venues threatened by redevelopment, community and cultural advocates say a 1.1 million-square-foot Related Beal development must do more to bring the arts into the development. And City Hall is listening.
Posh suburbs and tony neighborhoods regularly record single-family median sale prices of $1 million or more, while the median sale price in Greater Boston has hit a record $612,000.
Supporters of a developing House land use, smart growth and housing production bill say 54 House members have signed on as supporters, but real estate industry interests are strongly opposed to the measure.
It is well understood that the security of a home fosters physical and mental wellbeing. Those without it, individuals and families – whether homeless or at the risk of losing their home – suffer, and this takes its toll on their health.
Massachusetts and its development community need to think strategically and more creatively about its housing needs.
As the Department of Justice recognizes the 50th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the nationwide rollout of an initiative aimed at increasing awareness and reporting of sexual harassment in housing.
Boston will join with nine cities nationwide to create strategies to fight displacement and build inclusive cities.
Sometimes I wonder if we’re all living on the same planet here in Massachusetts. There’s Planet Reality, of which I am a proud member. On our generally fact- and reason-based planet, we love our beautiful state.
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh was appointed housing chair for the United States Conference of Mayors’ Community Development and Housing Committee yesterday.
Chapter 40B is Massachusetts’ regional planning law, but that is not how most folks know it.
U.S. consumer spending accelerated in November and shipments of key capital goods orders increased for the 10th straight month, the latest signs of strong momentum in the economy as the year winds down.
Do we have to let our already messed up real estate market get as crazy as California’s before we take action? That should be the question here in Massachusetts – and in particular on Beacon Hill – following the passage of a sweeping housing reform bill out on the Left Coast.
Nationwide housing starts rose 13.7 percent in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.29 million units after a slight upward revision to the September reading, according to newly released data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Commerce Department.
At least they have plenty of boxes they can use until we sort out our housing problem.
Despite a bumpy road to recovery in some sectors of the state’s economy, the housing market has achieved a new record.
In the last seven years, the state’s population has grown by about 246,000 people, Bay State employers have added 353,000 jobs, and for those seeking a new place to live, 81,000 new housing units have been permitted, according to the Massachusetts Housing Partnership.
As Massachusetts seeks to secure another $1 billion annually in Medicaid funding by renegotiating a federal waiver, state health officials on Tuesday contemplated moving health care spending into housing and nutrition.
