Resources

Launched in 2023, Residensity features a user-friendly map platform that allows users to explore and analyze housing unit counts and residential density for any location in Massachusetts. Read about what it does & check it out at www.mhp.net/residensity.

Using census data and a new statewide MHP parcel data set, Rappaport Public Policy Fellow Aja Kennedy explores the relationship between residential density and diversity to show how less restrictive zoning practices like the new MBTA zoning law have the potential to create more racially and economically diverse communities. (Nov. 18, 2022).

More than two months after the end of the federal eviction moratorium, data indicate that many Massachusetts renters remain behind on rent and fear being evicted from their homes. This latest brief explores differences in eviction filing rates across Massachusetts and evaluates the impact of rent relief programs, local eviction moratoria,and local support on regional eviction filing rates.

Since the start of the pandemic, MHP's Center for Housing Data has been reporting on key metrics related to rent collections, layoffs, eviction filings and the ever-changing patchwork of legal protections and supports. Our latest brief explores recent trends and ongoing concerns around housing stability.

BOSTON, Sept. 29, 2021 --- New paper from Boston Indicators and MHP's Center for Housing Data suggests Greater Boston is well-positioned to create networks of more walkable neighborhoods and town centers.

BOSTON, Dec. 4, 2020, --- MHP Executive Director Clark Ziegler submitted written comments on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's proposed service reductions. "MHP is concerned that the proposed service cuts -- even if reversed at a later date -- would undermine decades of state policy to promote housing development near transit," wrote Ziegler.