AHMA Policy Agenda for the City of Boston

We are dedicated to expanding housing availability in the City of Boston. We envision reaching deeper affordability and equity in the housing market by reducing the barriers to responsibly develop housing of all kinds such as workforce housing, missing middle housing such as duplexes, triplexes and other more naturally occurring affordable housing and starter homes.

We envision a sustainable and resilient city where many kinds of people can afford to rent or own a home and no one is priced out. We envision neighborhoods where everything you need is within a 15 minute walk or commute via transit.

AHMA supports the following initiatives for delivering housing abundance in the City of Boston. Together, we can make Boston a City for everyone:

Affordable Housing Overlay: Create abundant housing by expediting approval of affordable homes.

Missing Middle Overlay: Foster abundant housing with new missing middle homes by making up to 4-unit housing projects as-of-right within the City of Boston.

Eliminate Parking Minimums: Reduce rents and home prices by eliminating parking minimums for all housing projects within the City of Boston.

Turn Planning into Zoning: Establish predictable zoning rules to build the safe, green, and equitable communities Bostonians demand and deserve.

Housing Production Targets: Establish binding annual housing permitting and production targets per 10,000 residents in the City of Boston.

Boston-based AHMA members are invited to join our Boston Committee to advance our policy agenda in the City of Boston. To join our Boston Committee please email [email protected].