{"id":1004083548,"date":"2013-09-13T20:11:51","date_gmt":"2013-09-14T04:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/?p=180157"},"modified":"2020-05-20T00:49:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T08:49:32","slug":"mayor-meninos-16-5-billion-housing-strategy-calls-for-30000-new-units-by-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/mayor-meninos-16-5-billion-housing-strategy-calls-for-30000-new-units-by-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Menino\u2019s $16.5 Billion Housing Strategy Calls for 30,000 New Units by 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Veronica Grecu, Associate Editor<\/em><\/p>\n

Back in March Mayor Thomas M. Menino unveiled an unprecedented plan to increase the number of new housing units in Boston by 30,000 by the year 2020<\/a>. Last week, with less than four months in office, the Mayor announced the city\u2019s new blueprint for this ambitious strategy that aims to fulfill Boston\u2019s housing needs.<\/p>\n

The 48-page report called \u201cHousing Boston 2020<\/a>\u201d outlines the plan\u2019s priorities, including the use of subsidies to support and promote more affordable housing, building taller residential structures with smaller units and selling city-owned properties and land to developers at reduced prices.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoston 2013 is thriving, and well positioned to meet its bright future,\u201d Mayor Menino said. \u201cBut one thing has not changed: in order to fulfill its promise, we must stay focused on creating housing, because this is an issue that affects every Boston resident.<\/p>\n

Designed as a $16 billion public and private strategy, the mayor\u2019s plan calls for 30,000 new housing units completed by 2020. Twenty-five thousand of these will be private market rate units requiring $10 billion in new investment, while an additional $1.5 billion dollar housing initiative will add 5,000 new units for the middle class.<\/p>\n

The plan also outlines the creation of 5,000 new affordable, deed-restricted housing units requiring $2 billion in state and private financing. Another $1.5 billion will finance new graduate student housing for around 10,000 full-time students.<\/p>\n

By the end of 2013 the Menino administration plans to:<\/p>\n

– approve building permits for 3,600 market rate units;<\/p>\n

– identify the key-cost drivers for housing developments in Boston and single out those costs that can be influenced by city authorities;<\/p>\n

– find more efficient ways to manage the need for off-street parking;<\/p>\n

– implement BRA\u2019s new smaller unit size standard and encourage the production of micro-apartments;<\/p>\n

– start working with design experts to identify Boston\u2019s growth demographics needs and find new housing approaches and best practices from around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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