Housing

BUILD. MORE. HOUSING. Boston is producing the least amount of housing since its founding and it shows. It doesn't just rank nationally as the most expensive; Boston is frequently listed in the top 5 most expensive rental markets in the WORLD. Think about it: London, Tokyo, Paris, Beijing, Berlin. All cities that are less expensive than Boston. The supply is not keeping up with the demand and families are being priced out by NIMBYism. Boston is actually 15% smaller than its peak of 800,000 residents in 1950. In the same time span, the rest of country has doubled in size.

Policies and advocacy I will act on

• Reduce IDP requirement to 13% or even lower

• Three-story as of right in every single parcel in the city.

• Eliminate red tape that depresses housing production.

• Eliminate veto points for NIMBYs