As an investment in affordable housing production, the state’s low income housing tax credit (“LIHTC”) is now larger than our recently expanded bond funded capital program.
Subsidized Housing Inventory
The subsidized housing inventory is an important legal construct but it has limitations that make it hard to use for policy analysis.
Capital Plans for Housing
This post offers no analysis, but merely assembles for reference a history of the state’s housing capital plan, related bond authorizations and actual spending.
Housing production target
The state’s Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities has set a statewide housing production target of 200,000 housing units in the current decade (2020 through 2030). This goal appears to be reasonable from a demand perspective.
Citizens’ Legislative Seminar
Senator Brownsberger invites constituents to apply for this unique civic education opportunity provided by the Senate.
Shelter Visit
I had occasion today to pay a visit to a shelter for over 40 immigrant families within my senate district in Boston. I could only scan the surface of life in the shelter, and this shelter may not be typical, but my impressions added to my confidence in the system.