Boston Foundation | The Greater Boston Housing Report Card

This year’s Greater Boston Housing Report Card adds data
and weight to findings familiar from past Report Cards:
We need different types of housing—from single-family
homes to multifamily complexes—throughout the region
to ensure that individuals and families are able to enter the
housing market at different price points, and that different
housing types and locations fill the diverse needs of a
diverse population. Meanwhile, we need to dramatically
increase subsidized housing and fix the arcane system that
is so burdensome and redundant that it leaves housing
units unfilled, despite high demand and long waiting lists.
We also direly need to preserve existing “naturally
occurring” affordable housing, especially in neighborhoods
where residents are at threat of being priced out through
gentrification.