
States across the country have enacted eviction moratoriums. What does this mean for the housing market in the long-term?
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Last week, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed a bill…

COVID-19’s Impact on Rental Housing
The Massachusetts Legislature is currently debating a rental housing bill. What impact will it have on the many landlords for whom rental income is their only source of income?

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What impact do Massachusetts home prices have on Boston commuters?
Massachusetts is commonly ranked one of the most expensive states…

Study: Boston-Area Communities Should Loosen Restrictions for Accessory Dwelling Units
Additional units could help ease housing shortage
BOSTON—A…

Boston’s housing boom needs a region-level response
In 1912 - the same year the Titanic sank and William Howard Taft…

Boston is a global city. Here’s why that status is threatened
Boston is often touted as a “global city.” A quick Google…

Inadequate Inflation Adjustment Factor Will Subject Increasing Numbers of People to So-Called “Millionaires” Tax
Would take particular toll on those relying on home value appreciation…


Managing Growth in Malden & Somerville: A Tale of Two Cities
The influx of new residents into Boston and its surrounding communities…

A Safe Bet For Massachusetts
As talk heats up around town about a possible deal to sell and…

Meeting the Housing Needs of an Aging Population
Guest post by Mariella Rutigliano
Many Americans struggle…

What do Property Taxes Mean for your Town?
Earlier this year, the Boston Globe published an article comparing…

Town Residents Clash with Developers over Chapter 40B Housing Law
M.G.L. Chapter 40B, Sections 20 through 23, (commonly referred…

Kerry should leave lending standards alone
Our compassionate Sen. John Kerry is at it again, in behalf…

Why does this always seem like Boston's default attitude?
Today's Globe has an article on a little-known provision of the…

Questions Michael Flaherty, Sam Yoon and Kevin McCrea should be asking
The Globe this week ran successive stories (here and here) regarding…

One Last Word on the Film Tax Incentives
Yesterday's Globe had an article critical of the film tax credit…

Floor falls out in California housing
On the LA Times blog today there is a distressing bit of news…

Supply vs. Demand – and Demand is winning
The Boston Zoning Commission voted yesterday to approve the City…

Concentrating poverty in our cities
The Globe reports in "Warehouse for the Poor" that Holyoke and…

Tough fight but they are right
Lenore and Skip Schloming of the Small Property Owners Association…


46 years ago and still true
Jane Jacobs was the maven of public input, but she is also in…

A shrinking dependency ratio
But fewer younger, healthier people are joining the state's workforce…

Beware of Administrations Bearing Gifts
Remember the pledge to put 1000 new police officers on the street?
That…

Who will train Portland to love transit?
So, back to Randal O'Toole's Debunking Portland. Everyone would…

Portland is a City that Doesn’t Work?
I walk to work, and I cannot for the life of me understand how…

