Inaction Costs City of Boston $20 Million+ in Funds for Affordable Housing
New analysis from the Institute for Policy Studies shows how much Boston’s failure to enact a luxury real estate tax has cost the city.
The High Cost of Beacon Hill Inaction
IPS Report Documents Missing Millions as Massachusetts State Legislature Fails to Act on Boston’s Luxury Transfer Tax
Can Boston Tax Its Way To More Affordable Housing?
From speculation to vacancies, taxing high-end condos may be the solution to affordable housing Boston has been looking for.
Promoting Luxury Housing with an Ironic Twist
The artist behind a provocative faux sales office highlights the dangers of Boston’s luxury housing boom.
Boston’s Luxury Housing Boom Is Expanding The City’s Racial and Class Divides
Secretly owned — and often uninhabited — luxury condos are driving up rents for all Bostonians. What can the city do?
Luxury Real Estate Boom Adds to Risk of Climate Disruption
Should cities build new fossil fuel pipelines to power skyscrapers for the super-rich?
The Downside of Boston’s Luxury Building Boom
A new report shows the boom is not doing enough to address Boston’s acute affordable housing crisis and will accelerate economic inequality in the city.
Report: Towering Excess
The Perils of the Luxury Real Estate Boom for Bostonians
How to Tax Luxury Housing to Fund Social Housing
Taxing high-end real estate transfers can help keep city living affordable for everyone.
This Artist is Taking a Historic Step Forward in U.S.-Iranian Relations
Muralist Mehdi Ghadyanloo is the first Iranian artist to do work commissioned by municipal authorities in both Iran and the United States.
The New Economy Is Already Taking Shape
Organizers and entrepreneurs are stitching together a network of real-life businesses that put sustainability, democracy, and justice first.
General Electric to Pay Taxes: The Prank that Cost $3.5 Billion in Market Capitalization
Breaking from decades of aggressive tax avoidance, General Electric announced they will pay taxes in their future hometown…If only.
Figuring Out Your Role: Talking Resilience with Sarah Byrnes
An interview with Sarah Byrnes
“Affordable?” For Whom?
As rent prices soar in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood, JPNet’s State of Our Neighborhood forum helps to give community residents and merchants a voice.
Danny Glover’s Letelier-Moffitt Award Speech
When the Great Recession struck, City Life/Vida Urbana was there, confronting bank power with people power.