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Housing Affordability Initiative: Publications and Press

Publications

"Land Use Research Findings," January 31, 2006.
"Boston Area Housing Approaches An Acre Per Home: Analysis shows widespread rise in land used for new housing," press release, January 31, 2006.
40B Report: Effects of Mixed-Income, Multi-Family Rental Housing Developments on Single-Family Housing Values," April, 2005. (pdf, 1.1M)

Press

"Home Economics: While many affordable housing projects lose out to community opposition and a softening market, suburbs northwest of Boston buck the trend," Christine McConville, Boston Globe, June 21, 2007. (pdf, 20K)
"MIT Report: Many chapter 40B projects aren’t being built," Aglaia Pikounis, Banker & Tradesman, June 18, 2007. (pdf, 27K)
"Delayed to Death: Dogged opposition, lengthy appeals, and a changing market have conspired to kill at least half of proposed 40B housing projects south of Boston since 1999," Matt Carroll, Boston Sunday Globe, June 17, 2007. (pdf, 21K)
"Understanding Affordability: A new initiative at MIT's Center for Real Estate is helping to tackle the high cost of homes," Jim Smith, Technology Review, October 2005.
"Index Spots Rental Housing Weak Points," Aglaia Pikounis, Banker & Tradesman, May 30, 2005. (pdf, 64K)
"Housing Market," interview with William Wheaton, National Public Radio, May 31, 2005.
"Taking the Initiative," Editorial, Banker & Tradesman, May 2, 2005. (pdf, 36K)