 | The fourth biennial report of the Boston Indicators Project covers the years 2004-2006. It finds that Greater Boston’s economy strengthened considerably but that the region faces persistent challenges in high costs, labor shortages, and growing income inequality. It also emphasizes Boston’s innovative capacity and its potentially revolutionary role at a time of global economic and climatic change. About the Project Using this Site
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View or download slides and listen to audio clips of speakers at convenings of Greater Boston’s business, civic and community leaders. |
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October
28, 2008 Click the "New" icon to view data updates, including 20 indicators updated with the latest American Community Survey (2007) data.
A FOCUS ON HOUSING The Boston Indicators Project website links to resources, cutting-edge research, and data on housing in this period of turmoil in the housing market.
Annual Greater Boston Housing Report Card Released
October
28, 2008  | The sixth annual Greater Boston Housing Report Card, released on October 28th, shows trends in real estate market conditions, housing affordability and production, and public support for housing, serving as an important tool through which to assess progress in meeting Greater Boston’s housing needs. This report highlights the paradox in Greater Boston as the housing market falters while remaining unaffordable for many. |
Web Resources: Foreclosures Foreclosures have increased substantially at the national, state and local levels. In Boston, they surpassed 1,000 by late October compared to 703 in all of 2007. Foreclosure prevention resources are available from the City of Boston, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and Neighborworks America. For timely research on sub-prime mortgages and foreclosures, link to: the Center for Responsible Lending, the State Foreclosure Prevention Working Group, Neighborworks, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the City of Boston, CHAPA and the Pew Charitable Trusts.
More Resources Visit the Boston Indicators Project’s Housing Sector for Highlights, the Hub of Innovation, Research, and Links & Resources. For a summary of Goals & Measures, click Indicators At-A-Glance.
Key Recent Research on Housing: Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, State of the Nation's Housing 2008 (06/2008): Outlines the dramatic changes in the nation's housing market. Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, Long-Term Affordable Housing Strategies in Hot Housing Markets (05/2008): Provides an inventory of housing strategies used across the US to create and maintain long-term affordable housing units. Enterprise, Bringing Home the Benefits of Energy Efficiency to Low-Income Households: The Case for National Commitment (05/2008): Outlines potential Federal policy initiatives that could save low-income homeowners’ energy costs while creating local "green" jobs. National Low Income Housing Coalition, Out of Reach Report, 2007-2008 (04/2008): NLIHC's annual report on the wages needed to afford housing, by state and metro areas. Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, America's Rental Housing: The Key to a Balanced National Policy (04/2008): Highlights recent rental housing supply shortages brought on by the impact of foreclosures on rental properties, and the lack of capital to build new rental housing.
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