2nd Annual Housing Affordability Conference

Date: Thursday, May 25, 2006

Time: 9am-3:30pm

Location: Little Kresge Auditorium (48 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge)

Building on last year’s conference, we invite you to come see and hear about the current housing affordability index that is being released on this date. The index includes both rental and owner-occupied units in the Boston metropolitan area, new measures of quality of life, and is poised for expansion into other parts of New England.

Participate in a day of idea exchange on a variety of topics including our new work on Chapter 40B, suburban land use, and key worker housing.

Registration

The cost of attending the conference is $25. Seating is limited, so please register early. Register here.

Program Highlights
Release of Job-Accessibility Based Housing Affordability Indexes for the Boston Metropolitan Area Rental and homeownership indexes based on town-by-town counts of all existing affordable housing Examples of indexes for actual households Introduction of additional factors (as raised in discussion in May 2005): - School quality - Public transit - Neighborhood amenities - Safety
*Panel: How to Use* the Housing Affordability Indexes**
Chapter 40B: Financial Realities and Fair Investment Returns A benchmark for determining a fair market rate of return
Suburban Residential Land Use Density: It’s Lower than You Think “Boston Area Housing Approaches an Acre per Home” Town-by-town analysis
Key Worker Housing Opportunities Who are the Boston area keyworkers? - Counts by job - Affordability issues by job location

Program Highlights

Release of Job-Accessibility Based Housing Affordability Indexes for the Boston Metropolitan Area

Rental and homeownership indexes based on town-by-town counts of all existing affordable housing
Examples of indexes for actual households
Introduction of additional factors (as raised in discussion in May 2005):
- - School quality
- - Public transit
- - Neighborhood amenities
- - Safety

Panel: How to Use the Housing Affordability Indexes

Chapter 40B: Financial Realities and Fair Investment Returns

A benchmark for determining a fair market rate of return

Suburban Residential Land Use Density: It’s Lower than You Think

“Boston Area Housing Approaches an Acre per Home”

Town-by-town analysis

Key Worker Housing Opportunities

Who are the Boston area keyworkers?
- - Counts by job
- - Affordability issues by job location

Continental breakfast will be served in the morning and lunch will be served in the afternoon.

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MIT Center for Real Estate

2nd Annual Housing Affordability Conference

Registration