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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?

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26 Court Street
8th, 9th, and 11th Floors
Boston , MA  02108-2501
United States
Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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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.

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

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. 

To meet HUD requirements, the City of Boston is making an Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) in Boston.

News and announcements

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Boston receives 139 housing vouchers for residents with disabilities, homeless individuals and families

Housing Authority
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$4.7 million awarded to create 157 housing opportunities for homeless youth, young adults in Boston

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Pine Street Inn supportive housing project approved in Jamaica Plain

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Boston's first LGBTQ-supported senior housing development created

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Neighborhood Development news

Upcoming events

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Dec 18

Public Facilities Commission Meeting (DND)

Neighborhood Development events