Housing, Land and Development Repository

Following advocacy and engagement from community leaders and tenant organizations, the City of Boston adopted an ordinance adding fair housing zoning requirements to its zoning code. The ordinance advances racial equity by requiring developers of large residential developments to analyze current levels of exclusion and displacement and potential impacts on communities that have been historically discriminated against. Developers can employ any number of ways to mitigate impacts such as creating more affordable or more deeply affordable homes, building more family-size homes, or providing more homes to residents with housing vouchers.

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