The urgent need for an agenda to preserve ‘naturally occurring’ affordable housing

The urgent need for an agenda to preserve ‘naturally occurring’ affordable housing

THERE IS considerable talk about the housing crisis in Massachusetts and increasingly throughout the country, but there is not universal agreement on the nature of the crisis and what government should do about it. The simple understanding is that an enormous number of households cannot afford their rent and young adults cannot afford to buy their first home. The widely accepted solution?  We must “build, build, build” so that the supply of home…