Housing Production Numbers Mayor Thomas M. Menino today joined Chief Economic Development Director Mark Maloney, Department of Neighborhood Development Director and Boston Housing Chief Charlotte Golar Richie, Inspectional Services Department Commissioner Kevin Joyce, Boston Housing Authority Director Sandra Henriquez, housing advocates and local residents at Charles Street Gardens townhouses in Charlestown to announce the housing production numbers for the year 2000. Boston will continue to produce the housing we need and preserve the affordable units we already have.
Every affordable unit matters to the working families who are living pay check to pay check.
We have to remember that we're not just building housing units, but neighborhoods. The city exceeded that goal with 2,061 housing units permitted by the end of that year. New affordable housing was the fastest growing segment of Boston's housing production. In total, the city has been able to increase overall housing production three-fold since 1998. The city is also preserved another 1,454 existing affordable units from going to market rates.