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1st Housing Affordability Conference May 25, 2005

Program

Welcome and Overview of the Program
Presentation (pdf 360k)

Affordable Rental Housing: Where is It Located, Whom Does It Serve?
Presentation (pdf 336k)

  • - Lynn Fisher, Assistant Professor, MIT Center for Real Estate

Getting from Home to Work: Where are the Jobs and the Demand for Housing?
Presentation (pdf 1.6MB)

  • - Henry Pollakowski, Director, Housing Affordability Initiative, MIT Center for Real Estate

A Rental Housing Affordability Index for the Boston Metro Area: Matching Rental Housing with Jobs
Presentation (pdf 864k)

  • - Henry Pollakowski, Director, Housing Affordability Initiative, MIT Center for Real Estate

Housing Affordability Index Panel Discussion: Implications and Next Steps

  • - Tod McGrath, moderator
  • - John Eller, Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston
  • - Joe Flatley, Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation (MHIC)
  • - Thomas Gleason, MassHousing

How Are We Using our Undeveloped Land? The Extent of Recent Low Density Residential Land Consumption

Presentation (pdf 1MB)

- Lynn Fisher, Assistant Professor, MIT Center for Real Estate

Research Directions Panel Discussion

  • - Mark Baranski, moderator
  • - Larry Curtis, Winn Development
  • - Marc Draisen, Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC)
  • - Clark Ziegler, Massachusetts Housing Partnership (MHP)

Program Wrap Up - Tod McGrath

Conference Materials

 

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