Over the weekend, Massachusetts House and Senate conferees reached agreement on two major pieces of legislation oriented to controlling health care costs and stabilizing the health care system.
Author Archives: Will Brownsberger
The Unsustainably Rent Burdened — Part III
HUD microdata confirm that rent burdened households are less numerous than commonly reported and less concentrated among the ELI population.
Senate District Profiles
The American Community Survey just released its 2023 5-year data, which includes profiles of senate districts.
Boston Tax Shift Bill
I have reached the conclusion that we should lay aside Boston’s tax shift proposal.
The unsustainably rent burdened — part II
The housing supply gap for Very Low Income and Low Income populations may be considerably greater than the gap for the Extremely Low Income.
The unsustainably rent burdened — Part I
This post explores data about households that report to the American Community Survey that they are paying more than 80% of their income in rent — the “Unsustainably Rent Burdened.”