BPDA's Housing Vision for the Next Decade

As we start a new decade, Mayor Walsh and the director of the Boston Planning and Development Agency, Brian Golden, are making big plans to continue to develop Boston’s housing stock. It is estimated that Boston’s population will grow to 760,000 in the next decade which means there is a need for more housing across all income levels. Through a community engagement process, the BPDA is focusing on working with Bostonians to create more appropriate housing in “East Boston, Mattapan, Glover’s Corner, Downtown, Newmarket, Allston-Brighton, and Charlestown,” which are neighborhoods the city has identified as areas that will shape future growth. Those neighborhoods are in addition to “Dorchester Avenue in South Boston, Nubian Square (formerly known as Dudley Square), and the Washington Street corridor in Jamaica Plain and Roxbury” where studies have already been completed. There are also initiatives to better connect Boston’s neighborhoods with improved transportation options which you can read more about here.