Boston is experiencing a set of housing challenges that require innovative solutions, according to Sheila Dillon, chief of housing for the City of Boston and director of the mayor’s office of housing. “It’s become very difficult to build new housing in Boston,” Dillon said. “Lots of people want to be here. We’re not building enough…
Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III, along with five other panelists, kicked off a housing case competition centered around the Low Income Housing Tax Credit.
Imagine a sprawling metropolitan system, connected by high-speed rail, that encompassed Boston, New York City, Toronto, Rochester, New Haven, Worcester, Portland, Springfield, and Montréal. That’s called an “interaction sphere,” which is becoming increasingly common in China, and would put the region’s major cities only an hour or two apart by train. Not only would people…
