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Neighborhood Development

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

 

Neighborhood Development
Contact
617-635-3880
neighborhooddevelopment.dnd@cityofboston.gov
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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How we can help

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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

Development projects
You can browse our active real estate projects and give us your opinion on them.
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.
Requests for Proposals
View our list of current Requests for Proposals (RFPs).

Boston's way home

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

Learn more about our plans

Plans, Reports, and Notices

By the year 2030, Boston will reach more than 700,000 residents, a number the City has not seen since the 1950s. Housing a Changing City: Boston 2030 is the Walsh administration's comprehensive housing plan.

View progress reports on Boston 2030 initiative.

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

 

News and announcements

Mayor Martin Walsh celebrated with other City officials in Fenway.
Oct 12

Fifty-two units of affordable housing preserved in Fenway

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Mayor Martin Walsh speaks with business owners while touring the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston.
Oct 11

Landlord Guarantee program encourages renting to homeless

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Oct 10

City to create action plan to end youth homelessness in Boston

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Jim Brooks Community Stabilization Act will allow Boston to track and manage displacement, educate tenants on their rights
Oct 6

Mayor Walsh signs home rule petition to protect tenants, homeowners

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Neighborhood Development news

Upcoming events

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Oct 26

Evening Clinic for housing help

Sunset over Boston
Nov 2

Evening Clinic for housing help

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Nov 4

Boston Home Center Spring EXPO

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Nov 4

Homeownership Fall Fair

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