Poll Shows Big Support for Upzoning in Boston
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.
BPDA Approves Big Downtown Tower Upzoning
Boston planning officials approved new downtown zoning regulations designed to encourage development of multifamily housing and reinvigorate investment offsetting declines in office occupancy.
New Roslindale Zoning Expands Multifamily Possibilities
Roslindale Square is being primed to add mid-rise development under a rezoning plan intended to spur multifamily housing construction.
What Has Zoning Reform Accomplished in Cambridge?
The city sought to remove barriers to affordable housing construction by cutting permitting times and costs. And while funding shortfalls will hurt its full potential, it already appears to be working.
Good News, Bad News in Landmark Housing Research
New research into one of the globe’s most ambitious upzoning experiments contains potentially bad news for Massachusetts – just not quite what you’d think.
Want to Solve the Housing Crisis? Upzone the Suburbs
A new Brookings-Boston Foundation report goes beyond bemoaning the sorry state of housing affordability in Boston and other similarly fast-growing cities around the country to propose a truly bold measure.
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.
