Will Healey Pick Up Aggressive Housing Ideas?
A blue-ribbon commission appointed by Gov. Maura Healey has suggested allowing up to four units on residential lots statewide that have existing sewer and water connections, among other recommendations.
Cambridge Councilors Back End of Single-Family Zoning, Eye 5K New Homes
Cambridge’s potential elimination of single-family zoning attracted criticism from affordable housing advocates and preservationists alike before a city council subcommittee backed the landmark reform.
Can Upzoning Newton Catalyze Housing Equality in Greater Boston?
With the racial inequality now front and center, advocates in Newton are pushing for more diverse, denser housing to replace much of the region’s single-family stock as one way to help close the Black-white homeownership gap. But hurdles exist for the private sector to meet the need for lower-priced homes.
Urban Planning as a Tool of White Supremacy: The Other Lesson from Minneapolis
Racial segregation was not the byproduct of urban planning; it was, in many cases, its intention. The effect was and still is devastating.
Why So Few Black Homeowners?
Only about a third of Black households in Greater Boston own their homes, while roughly 79 percent of area white households own their homes, thanks to decades discrimination.
