On Friday, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healy and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll unveiled the final report from the Unlocking Housing...

Massachusetts needs 222,000 new housing units over the next decade. New England requires nearly 600,000 units, while millions are needed...

As the housing crisis continues to affect communities throughout the United States, New England is at a crucial juncture. The region is...

Unlike many contemporary issues in America, there is strong bipartisan support for initiatives addressing the growing existential crisis...

Needham, Massachusetts, located a few miles west of Boston, is one of the fortunate suburbs in Greater Boston that enjoys a vibrant...

The next feature in this series highlights a community worthy of special recognition, not only for its compliance with MBTA Communities...

I’m often asked by area business owners and residents, “What can we do to support solutions to our housing issues in our own...

Let's set a baseline of understanding here first. Does every American want to live in a walkable neighborhood in a smaller home or...

New Housing & A Robust Small Business Community Andover approached MBTA Communities compliance with the mindset of 'how can encourage the...

In November, Massachusetts reached a major milestone in the MBTA Communities implementation process, providing an opportunity to...

Four years after Former Governor Charlie Baker enacted Housing Choice, which encompassed MBTA Communities, Massachusetts achieved a...

In October, Salem, Massachusetts hosts over 1.2 million visitors in its compact downtown area the covers less than 2 square miles, a...

Thanks to significant advancements in healthcare, medicine, and living conditions, the average lifespan of Americans has greatly risen....

Last month I wrote a bit about the wave of "single-stair" reforms sweeping across North America. This reform would allow something called...

Across North America, single stair reform or 'point access blocks' have the potential to be one of the most significant building code...

Our policies and processes make it exceedingly difficult, costly and risky to build on these infill sites perpetuating our region's sprawl.

Two California researchers dug deep into the lengthy Los Angeles' housing permitting processes and history of development in the City...

This article originally appeared in the July 7th, 2024 edition of Banker & Tradesman. A lack of new housing production has sent housing...

In response to a regional housing shortage and growing affordability crisis, The City of Kelowna in eastern British Columbia rezoned most...

[Originally Published in the Summer of 2022] From big cities to small towns, the upending of our daily routines around work, school,...