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Neighborhood Development

COVID-19 update: The Neighborhood Development Department building is closed but all divisions are working remotely. For questions, call 617-635-3880 (Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.) or email neighborhooddevelopment.dnd@boston.gov

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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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neighborhooddevelopment.dnd@boston.gov
26 Court Street
8th, 9th, and 11th Floors
Boston, MA 02108-2501
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Our building is closed.
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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.

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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Preservation of 97 affordable units started in Roxbury

Neighborhood Development
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Alcalde Walsh dedica $5 millones adicionales al ‘Rental Relief Fund’ de Boston, anuncia segunda ronda de aplicaciones

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Another $5 million dedicated to Rental Relief Fund; second round of applications open soon

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City launches new COVID-19 volunteer platform with Nesterly

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Upcoming events

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Community outreach meeting for proposed Roxbury marijuana establishment

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CANCELED: Boston Center for Independent Living Housing Search Workshop

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Oct 1

CANCELED: Boston Center for Independent Living Housing Search Workshop

CANCELED: Boston Center for Independent Living Housing Search Workshop ">
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CANCELED: Boston Center for Independent Living Housing Search Workshop

Neighborhood Development events