November
1
2005
This 2005 guidebook is designed to help communities and housing authorities develop affordable housing on public land.
October
1
2005
State Department of Revenue guidance on the proper use of CPA funds in a mixed-use development.
September
22
2005
Author Raven E. Saks, an economist from the Federal Reserve Board, finds that in places with relatively few barriers to construction, an increase in housing demand leads to a large number of new housing units and only a moderate increase in housing prices. In contrast, for an equal demand shock, places with more regulation experience a 17 percent smaller expansion of the housing stock and almost double the increase in housing prices.
September
10
2005
In September 2005, Gloucester-based economist Edward Moscovitch quantified how Massachusetts could drive down prices and stop eating up land in football-field sized chunks if it adopted smart growth production policies.
March
1
2005
Includes essays on helping Truro use town land for housing, revitalizing neighborhoods through redevelopment in Worcester, a 40B in Hyannis and smart preservation in Cambridge, Mayor Menino leading the way in Boston, and SoftSecond providing affordable homeownership in Lawrence.
January
1
2005
Authors Karl Case, John Quigley and Robert Shiller examine the link between increases in housing wealth, financial wealth and consumer spending.