August
2
2023
"Building Momentum" is a report by MHP that documents the state's slowing housing construction and proposes eight policy changes to increase housing supply and affordability.
February
24
2023
Launched in 2023, Residensity features a user-friendly map platform that allows users to explore and analyze housing unit counts and residential density for any location in Massachusetts. Read about what it does & check it out at www.mhp.net/residensity.
December
23
2022
Created in 1985, MHP's mission is to foster civic leadership on affordable housing and break down barriers to local housing development. Through its hands-on experience at the local level and its expertise in data analysis and policy, MHP has proposed, developed and implemented a significant array of state housing programs, policies and resources.
December
19
2022
MHP's agency goals for fiscal year 2023.
November
18
2022
Using census data and a new statewide MHP parcel data set, Rappaport Public Policy Fellow Aja Kennedy explores the relationship between residential density and diversity to show how less restrictive zoning practices like the new MBTA zoning law have the potential to create more racially and economically diverse communities. (Nov. 18, 2022).
March
15
2022
Presentation by Travis Watson of the Massachusetts Housing Investment Corp. on maximizing participation of minority-owned businesses and workers of color in affordable housing construction, an effort which parallels MHP's three-year goal of providing financing or technical assistance to six for-profit developers led by Black, Indigenous or other people of color,