A $335.4 million federal grant to rebuild a key section of the Mass. Pike and build a new transit hub in Allston will help unlock Harvard University’s plans for a big, new science and technology-focused neighborhood. But the school isn’t the only winner, experts say.
Gov. Maura Healey is still waiting for the legislature to act on her big housing bill, but she paused Monday to swear in two panels of developers, municipal leaders and advocates Monday, charged with charting more housing production reforms.
A former state senator is lobbying support for creation of a regional government agency to protect Greater Boston communities from projected future storm surges.
As renters and would-be homebuyers face an affordability crisis, a leading trade group for the people who facilitate home sales is eyeing new building projects as the solution.
A huge batch of state grants for 27 different projects announced Thursday will see 1,597 affordable and mixed-income housing units built or preserved.
Supporters of a housing development tax incentive have plenty of ideas to improve how and where it’s applied, but as lawmakers from post-industrial cities prepare to try again to make the program permanent and triple its annual cap, a think tank consultant cautioned them to “speak with one voice.”
Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll seemed to move up the timeline for hiring a new housing secretary Tuesday, telling local officials that the Healey administration is planning to fill the new post “in a quick manner” after it becomes “available” later this month.
As Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll continue to make their case for expanding the Housing Development Incentive Program, the tax credit faces growing scrutiny over whether it does enough to help the neediest Bay Staters.
There appears to be no opposition to Gov. Maura Healey’s reorganization of state economic development bureaucracy to spur more housing production, but it’s uncertain when the state legislature will approve the move.
Asked for her thoughts on some of the most talked about Beacon Hill happenings in a TV interview that aired Sunday, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll had a consistent message: let’s wait and see.
A pair of prominent housing advocates and a leader in a prolific Boston development firm will lead the effort to get incoming Gov. Maura Healey’s housing policy initiatives up and running.
