Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Housing

Foot and bike traffic in Coolidge Corner. Courtesy of the Town of Brookline.

Two Factions Square Off Over Housing Issues in Brookline Town Meeting Races

By Sam Mintz | Apr 26, 2022 | No Comments

A once-in-a-generation redistricting shakeup means that nearly every member of the Brookline Town Meeting is up for re-election this year, and two factions are squaring off over town zoning laws that prohibit affordable housing.

A view of the new Columbus Ave. bus lanes and the new bus platforms at Walnut Avenue.

Mayor Wu’s First Budget Proposal Features Bus Lane Projects, Safer Streets, and Transit-Oriented Housing

By Christian MilNeil | Apr 13, 2022 | No Comments

The proposed budget is an "unprecedented investment because this is an unprecedented moment," Mayor Wu told her cabinet members and City Councilors at a breakfast presentation in City Hall Wednesday morning.

An empty parking lot. Courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey.

Councilors Vote to Delete Minimum Parking Rules From Cambridge Zoning Code

By Christian MilNeil | Apr 7, 2022 | No Comments

In a committee meeting earlier this week, a majority of City Councilors endorsed a policy order calling on the city to eliminate minimum parking requirements from its zoning rules. The policy order was initiated by freshman City Councilor Burhan Azeem, who was inaugurated to the Council in January after focusing extensively on housing and transit […]

A rendering of the proposed 5-story apartment building at 3371 Washington Street, which would provide 38 homes for low-income seniors and a new ground-floor space for the El Embajador Restaurant, within a short walk of the Green Street Orange Line station.

In 2021, Boston Planners Approved More Parking Spaces Than Homes

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 16, 2022 | No Comments

Over the course of 2021, the BPDA approved 71 new development projects that include a combined total of 17.1 million square feet of real estate inside the city's boundaries.

New State Rule Would Force Suburbs to Legalize Thousands of New Apartments Near T Stops

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 13, 2022 | 1 Comment

The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), a public regional planning agency based in Boston, estimates that the proposed guidelines would collectively create a zoning capacity for 344,000 multifamily housing units across the region.

Meet the New Chief: StreetsblogMASS Interviews Jascha Franklin-Hodge

By Christian MilNeil | Dec 22, 2021 | No Comments

"There’s a lot of traffic engineering that’s very data-driven, but it’s often data-driven in ways that are focused on vehicular movements and speeds and capacity... And sometimes that comes at the expense of asking, ‘What’s it like for a person who’s walking to the bus, and waiting on the corner for that bus?’ We don’t have metrics for that."

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