Jeff Speck has spent decades advocating for the benefits of dense and walkable environments. As cities confront the future of urban spaces in the post-pandemic era, he’s teaming up with transit advocate Chris Dempsey.
Developers would find a clear pathway to build higher-density projects lining the upper deck of Interstate 93 at Boston’s northern gateway under a rezoning plan nearing the finish line.
Some residents’ opposition to multifamily housing frequently dominates headlines, but developers say understaffed and fragmented town hall bureaucracies are just as big a problem in Boston suburbs.
Wouldn’t it be nice, housing advocates want you to ponder, to live in a neighborhood where markets, community spaces, transit hubs and a place to satisfy almost every other daily need are within a 15-minute walk from home?
It’s a pivotal policy question for Massachusetts communities seeking to encourage affordable housing in new developments: What’s the highest percentage of affordable units that can be required before projects become financially unfeasible?
Responding to the national debate on institutional racism and criticism from elected officials, the Boston Planning and Development Agency is creating a new position to focus on diversity issues.
He’s studied architecture, urban planning, real estate investment and brokerage, and most recently, the nuts and bolts of vertical organic farming.
Despite a bumpy road to recovery in some sectors of the state’s economy, the housing market has achieved a new record.
