Neighborhood Development

We work to build strong, inclusive communities with access to stable and affordable housing for all. Find out how we plan to do it.

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We work with communities to improve Boston’s neighborhoods through investing public resources. Our main jobs are to create housing options, support tenants, foster homeownership, end homelessness, and manage the City’s real estate. Want to take a deeper dive into our department structure and mission?

Learn more about our work at DND

Contact

617-635-3880

neighborhooddevelopment.dnd@boston.gov

26 Court Street

8th, 9th, and 11th Floors

Boston, MA 02108-2501

United States

Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

How we can help

Homebuyers and homeowners

Renters

Homeless individuals

Developers

Housing Boston 2030

Housing a Changing City: Boston 2030 is the Walsh administration's comprehensive housing plan.

Housing Boston 2030

Creating affordable housing

Income-restricted Housing in Boston report

Boston has the highest percentage of income-restricted housing of any major city in the country.

Income-restricted database

This database of Boston's income-restricted housing will be updated annually.

Development projects

You can browse our active real estate projects and give us your opinion on them.

Boston Builds Homes

Check out examples of the latest in new affordable homes!

How the City creates affordable housing

We ask for proposals form nonprofit and for-profit developers to create or preserve affordable housing in the City of Boston.

Income-restricted interactive map

View, with interactive filters, all of the City's completed and current income-restricted properties.

Stay Connected

Get updates on housing initiatives and policies from across the City.

Boston's way home

We created an action plan to end veteran and chronic homelessness in Boston.

Learn about our plans

Plans, Reports, and Notices

Housing a Changing City: Boston 2030

In 2014, Mayor Walsh released Housing a Changing City: Boston 2030, a comprehensive housing plan designed to address the housing needs of Boston’s growing population. In 2018, a planned assessment found that Boston’s population was growing faster than expected, with 759,000 residents expected to live in Boston in 2030.

View the 2018 Update and Progress Reports on the Housing Boston 2030 Initiative.

Assessment of Fair Housing