Written by Professor Barry Bluestone and his team from the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University, the report is the tenth in the Boston Foundation’s Greater Boston Housing Report Card series. Using projections from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, the report authors estimate that Greater Boston developers may need to double or even triple annual housing production to meet demand through 2020. Buyers, however, are expected to seek smaller, more transit-oriented developments, as Baby Boomers seek to downsize and new buyers look for more affordable housing that suits their smaller households.
