In an effort to spur new housing production, Ontario will cut costly development charges and municipal fees on new homes across the province by up to 50%. An $8bil fund will be created to make those municipalities whole following the fee breaks. www.thestar.com/real-estate/...

Lexington schools have lost 550 students and face a $4.7 million gap. Staff cuts are coming. Those 1,600 apartments some are fighting will bring at least $7mil in revenue & maybe 250 students. That new housing is not a burden. It's a desperately needed bailout. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/27/m...

Regional housing crises are a policy choice. They don't just happen to us.

“It has a catchy name—Build America, Buy America—and the lauded goal of bringing manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. But the law has spurred a bottleneck for affordable housing.” apnews.com/article/affo...

"The scaremongers were wrong. Over it's first 14 months, the congestion pricing system has exceeded even the high hopes of many supporters. It has reduced traffic, improved the quality of life and even provided a boost for businesses." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/o...

Across the country, the balance between local control & state action on housing has played out very differently. Montana & Texas have acted boldly at the state level while MA, CT, and NY continue to lag. A recent poll shows MA voters support stronger statewide action on housing.

Since 2003, The Town of Wellesley, MA has permitted 1,200 single-family homes. Only 95 of those homes were net new. 1,105 replaced existing homes with mainly larger, luxury homes. Over that same period, median prices doubled, from ~$1M to ~$2M.

Only 3.8% of residential land in MA, 195,000 acres, has water/sewer AND is within 0.5mi of transit. Meanwhile, nearly 65,000 acres near transit lack water & sewer infrastructure. We need to better use the infrastructure we have & invest in expanding it where it matters most.

Large-lot single-family zoning is a key driver of Massachusetts’ housing shortage. In Brookline, surrounded by Boston on three sides, 30% of the town requires 40,000sf+ min lot sizes just to build one home. We didn’t run out of land. We made it illegal to use it efficiently.

Across the country, the balance between local control & state action on housing has played out very differently. Montana & Texas have acted boldly at the state level while MA, CT, and NY continue to lag. A recent poll shows MA voters support stronger statewide action on housing.

Large-lot single-family zoning is a key driver of Massachusetts’ housing shortage. In Brookline, surrounded by Boston on three sides, 30% of the town requires 40,000sf+ min lot sizes just to build one home. We didn’t run out of land. We made it illegal to use it efficiently.

“For as much as we gave in a tax break, we’re getting that back in future taxes. It was a trade off, and I think that’s where we have to be nimble in these times.” - Revere Mayor Patrick Keefe www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/24/b...

"The housing policy conversation in the U.S. always seems to focus on expanding homeownership. I think we need to recognize that many families cannot afford to, or do not want to, be homeowners." news.vt.edu/articles/202...

90% of the triple-deckers in Massachusetts were built before 1935. These homes once helped build the state’s middle class. They didn’t disappear because demand did... we made them illegal to build.

Swampscott, Boston, and other towns banned them in the 1910s explicitly to keep out immigrants. Here we are in 1969 finally repealing that…magically right after the Fair Housing Act was passed. archives.lib.state.ma.us/server/api/c...

90% of the triple-deckers in Massachusetts were built before 1935. These homes once helped build the state’s middle class. They didn’t disappear because demand did... we made them illegal to build.

Emmanuel Grégoire has won the race to succeed Anne Hidalgo, the transformational leader since 2014, as the next Mayor of Paris. He’s pledged to build on her legacy, continuing the expansion of the City's bike network & growing the city’s network of neighborhood green spaces. 🇫🇷

The Northeast's housing crisis didn't start in 2020. Or 2010. Or 2000. It started in the 1970s with land use policies designed to constrain supply & it's never been able to meet demand since.

“We need to make it easier to build more homes. We want to cut the red tape, streamline permitting for home builders and modernize building codes.”

“We need to make it easier to build more homes. We want to cut the red tape, streamline permitting for home builders and modernize building codes.”

“Your town can’t be a little town of 20,000 people, as it’s always been, if you also want it to be much more affordable. You’re going to have to build a significant number of new homes if you want your kids to be able to afford to live where they grew up.” www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/21/b...

"The kinds of multifamily we build most of, where many homes share a common internal corridor, is actually vastly more dangerous than single-stair buildings which are smaller and have fewer residents per corridor or stair." commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/the-...

The Northeast's housing crisis didn't start in 2020. Or 2010. Or 2000. It started in the 1970s with land use policies designed to constrain supply & it's never been able to meet demand since.

We’ve spent decades making walkable neighborhoods like these nearly impossible to build today. Beacon Hill v. Federal Hill Old Montreal v. Old Quebec But which ones are the best? 40 iconic neighborhoods. 1 champion. 🇨🇦🇺🇸 Round 1 voting ends March 25 www.remainplaces.com/walkable

“I’d been looking on and off for three years. I was frustrated. Homes in Portland are really expensive… I could afford a much higher-quality house as a first-time home buyer... For a new build, that wasn’t possible except for these infill homes.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

We’ve spent decades making walkable neighborhoods like these nearly impossible to build today. Beacon Hill v. Federal Hill Old Montreal v. Old Quebec But which ones are the best? 40 iconic neighborhoods. 1 champion. 🇨🇦🇺🇸 Round 1 voting ends March 25 www.remainplaces.com/walkable

"From 2010 to 2019, rents in Austin increased nearly 93%—more than in any other major American city. From 2015 to 2024, Austin added 120,000 units to its housing stock—an increase of 30%, more than 3x the overall rate of growth in the US (9%)." @pewresearch.org @alexhrwtz.bsky.social

75% of Massachusetts’ middle housing predates 1940. That’s not a coincidence, or just “market demand.” For decades, we’ve made it increasingly difficult, or outright illegal, to build the very homes that shaped our communities and grew Massachusetts' middle class.

75% of Massachusetts’ middle housing predates 1940. That’s not a coincidence, or just “market demand.” For decades, we’ve made it increasingly difficult, or outright illegal, to build the very homes that shaped our communities and grew Massachusetts' middle class.

In Massachusetts, more than half of all single-family zoned land requires at least 40,000 square feet to build a single home, about the same size as an NFL field.

A new poll from YouGov & @abundanthousingma.org showed 59% of Massachusetts voters support allowing middle-housing like duplexes, triple-deckers & townhomes anywhere that single-family housing can be built. That number jumped to 76% support among ages 18-34 & 72% among ages 35-49.

“With the right adjustments, [outdoor dining] can remain a defining feature of the city’s streetscape — helping small businesses flourish while creating vibrant public spaces that bring neighbors together.” - NYC DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/15/i...

“Parisian car traffic fell by more than half between 2002 and 2023, while cycle lanes expanded sixfold. Bikes now make more than twice as many journeys as cars.” www.ft.com/content/882e...

When housing is too expensive and families are getting squeezed out. You need someone who can push policy change into reality. We can do this. From legalizing starter homes to granny flats, from tenant protections to investing in affordable housing, there's a lot of real solutions we can pursue.

More than half of the land zoned for single-family homes in Massachusetts requires lots to be at least 40,000sf (roughly 1-acre), with nearly 25% requiring at least 80,000sf (close to 2-acres). 📚 National Zoning Atlas

Public school enrollment in Massachusetts is at a 30-year low, and half of the state’s 1,600 schools operate <80% of capacity. Yet “school capacity” remains a common argument used opposing new multifamily housing in many suburbs. In nearly every community, it’s simply a myth.

“Modern zoning has made it pretty much illegal to do this. This is New Bedford’s housing stock and you cannot build it today.” Simply allowing the housing types that built Massachusetts’ cities & towns again would go a long way to enabling the housing our communities need.

“America and Canada’s elevators are the most expensive in the world, and the U.S. has fewer of them per capita than any high-income country with available data. Less than 6% of housing is accessible to the more than 30 million American adults with mobility disabilities.” @stephenjacobsmith.com

Most daily trips aren't for work commutes but for things like shopping, errands, recreation & visiting friends. Housing policy shouldn’t just focus on commuting. How we build, what we build & where we build must reflect how people actually live & move around their communities.

As the rent control debate heats up ahead of this fall’s Massachusetts ballot initiative, I put together a simple overview comparing details of policies across the U.S. By almost any measure, the MA proposal would be the strictest in the Nation. www.remainplaces.com/rentcontrol

Most daily trips aren't for work commutes but for things like shopping, errands, recreation & visiting friends. Housing policy shouldn’t just focus on commuting. How we build, what we build & where we build must reflect how people actually live & move around their communities.

As the rent control debate heats up ahead of this fall’s Massachusetts ballot initiative, I put together a simple overview comparing details of policies across the U.S. By almost any measure, the MA proposal would be the strictest in the Nation. www.remainplaces.com/rentcontrol

“There are people like us in every neighborhood and every downtown. All of these projects dance on a knife’s edge. All of them do. If you made it slightly easier, you might trip someone over into saying, ‘I’m doing this,’ versus not doing it.” www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/10/b...

I love Boston ❤️

Office-to-residential conversions… before they were trendy. Despite concerns it would be “too tall,” this former office building was converted into 10-apartments in 2020. The ground floor now includes a local bank, beauty salon, and a new local ice cream shop. 📍Danvers, MA

Over the past decade, The City of Austin, Texas has permitted more housing in a typical year than the entire Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In 2022 alone, Austin approved 24,227 units, about 1.5× the number permitted across Massachusetts that year.

Over the past decade, The City of Austin, Texas has permitted more housing in a typical year than the entire Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In 2022 alone, Austin approved 24,227 units, about 1.5× the number permitted across Massachusetts that year.

Real patriots ride the train.

those first 6pm sunset of the year vibes

Over the past decade, The City of Austin, Texas permitted more housing annually than the entire Commonwealth of Massachusetts multiple times, peaking at 24,227 units in 2022, about 1.4× Massachusetts.