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Home Economics: How Manufactured Housing Can Help Solve the National Housing Affordability Crisis
December 2022, English
Despite the engaging warmth in his voice, Jim Bennett is not what you’d call a people person. “I’m basically asocial, even though I worked retail—or maybe because I worked retail for so long,” he quips. It’s late fall when we speak, so he’s bracing for the chaotic social cyclone that is a big family […]
December 2022, English
Despite the engaging warmth in his voice, Jim Bennett is not what you’d call a people person. “I’m basically asocial, even though I worked retail—or maybe because I worked retail for so long,” he quips. It’s late fall when we speak, so he’s bracing for the chaotic social cyclone that is a big family […]
Land Matters Podcast: Confronting Extreme Heat in Africa: A Conversation with the Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone
December 2022, English
The mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Yvonne Aki-Sawyer, discusses appointing Africa’s first chief heat officer, fighting climate change with land use planning, and overhauling the property tax system to ensure fiscal sustinability.
December 2022, English
The mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Yvonne Aki-Sawyer, discusses appointing Africa’s first chief heat officer, fighting climate change with land use planning, and overhauling the property tax system to ensure fiscal sustinability.
City Tech: Is Wood the Way of the Future?
December 2022, English
Mass timber, a building technique pioneered in Europe, is catching on in other parts of the world. Advocates say this high-tech approach to building with wood offers climate and health benefits that will give steel and concrete a run for their money.
December 2022, English
Mass timber, a building technique pioneered in Europe, is catching on in other parts of the world. Advocates say this high-tech approach to building with wood offers climate and health benefits that will give steel and concrete a run for their money.
As Conforming Loan Limits Hit Record Highs, Manufactured Housing Provides an Affordable Alternative
December 2022, English
Not that anyone needed more proof of how swiftly home prices have risen in the past two years, but here it is: Beginning in January, mortgages of up to $726,200 will be considered “conforming loans” in most parts of the United States, the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced in late November. Known as the […]
December 2022, English
Not that anyone needed more proof of how swiftly home prices have risen in the past two years, but here it is: Beginning in January, mortgages of up to $726,200 will be considered “conforming loans” in most parts of the United States, the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced in late November. Known as the […]
A Series of Articles about the MBTA Communities Zoning Law
December 2022, English
December 2022, English
December 2022, English
Infrastructure Policy Perspectives
December 2022, English
December 2022, English
This Simple Policy Tool Can Make Property Taxes Fairer and Ease Homeowner Hardship
December 2022, English
A homestead exemption is a fiscally sound and equitable way to ease the property tax burden on residents.
December 2022, English
A homestead exemption is a fiscally sound and equitable way to ease the property tax burden on residents.
