city_hall

Official websites use .boston.gov

A .boston.gov website belongs to an official government organization in the City of Boston.

lock

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS

A lock or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Last updated:

Citywide Land Audit

As one of the largest real estate owners in Boston, the City of Boston has great opportunity to use its property to improve the lives of Bostonians.

In June 2022, Mayor Wu announced the release of the Public Land for Public Good: Citywide Land Audit. The autid is the City's effort to identify opportunities to use its property to improve the lives of Bostonians.

This Citywide Land Audit is an inventory of all property owned by the City of Boston and quasi-City agencies. It also identifies all vacant or underutilized City-owned property. The audit initially identified 9.5 million square feet of land in the vacant/underutilized category. This represents 5.4% of the 176.9 million square feet under City ownership. The City will use this data to decide how best to deploy public land to serve Boston's most urgent needs:

  • Ensuring safe, healthy affordable housing for Boston residents. The City will identify locations to develop into new affordable units.
  • Identifying transformative community development opportunities. Developing these sites can help knit together the fabric of our city.
  • Addressing homelessness through a public health lens. The City will devote public land for recovery services and transitional housing.

The Citywide Land Audit identified City-owned land that was vacant or underutilized and presented a high opportunity for redevelopment. In the last year, we are proud to have made significant progress moving many of these parcels forward to serve the needs of the city.

  • Comments

    Do you have a suggestion for uses of the City's vacant land, or a comment about the reported data?



    Submit your comments

Citywide Land Audit 2023 Update

Explore the City’s work to deliver on the Mayor's vision for housing justice in Boston.

Read the Update
  • Comments

    Do you have a suggestion for uses of the City's vacant land, or a comment about the reported data?



    Submit your comments

Back to top