Boston Mayor Michelle Wu threw her support behind the November ballot question legalizing rent control in Massachusetts, while rejecting the possibility of Cambridge-style rezoning to legalize denser housing in single-family districts.
Boston is feeling one of the most pronounced housing crunches in the country. But Mayor Michelle Wu has shied away from setting housing production targets.
A new poll commissioned by a housing advocacy group says majorities of city residents don’t think Mayor Michelle Wu is doing enough to bring down the cost of housing.
Mayor Michelle Wu defended Boston’s tax policies and rejected budget cuts as economic development strategy in a speech to business executives today.
Roslindale Square is being primed to add mid-rise development under a rezoning plan intended to spur multifamily housing construction.
Boston officials backed a plan to encourage multifamily housing development and more entertainment and recreational business activity in Roslindale Square.
A Canton-based company that owns service stations in and around Boston submitted plans for a 52-unit apartment building under the Mattapan neighborhood’s 2024 rezoning that was designed to stimulate housing production.
Architect and law professor Sara Bronin finds middle ground between the free market latitude of Houston and restrictive land-use regulation of New England in her new book, “Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World.”
For real estate developers pursuing projects in Boston, the road to approval often leads through McDermott, Quilty, Miller & Hanley partner Joseph Hanley’s State Street offices.
The Boston Planning & Development Agency picked Roslindale Square and Hyde Park’s Cleary Square neighborhoods for the first steps in its “Squares + Streets” rezoning initiative that encourages mid-rise housing development.
