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09.29.2022

Mayor Wu Announces Executive Order to Streamline Approval of Affordable Housing

Today, Mayor Michelle Wu announced that she will sign an executive order designed to speed up the production of affordable housing in the coming days. She made the announcement during her speech to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce at their annual Government Affairs Forum. This executive order is a response to the challenges facing Boston’s housing market in order to remove barriers and make the process for developing affordable housing easier across the city. 

08.24.2022

In The Bay State Banner: When the BRA leveled a Lower Roxbury neighborhood

Up until the late 1960s, the area of Lower Roxbury around Madison Park was a vibrant neighborhood where luminaries such as jazz drummer Roy Haynes, former state representative and Minister Michael Haynes, Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan and former Boston Police Superintendent William Billy Celester came of age.

08.15.2022

In Banker & Tradesman: BPDA OKs 93 Condos, 43 Apartments

Four new multifamily projects advanced at the Boston Planning & Development Agency board of directors’ August meeting Thursday evening.

05.23.2022

Voice of Reason Boston with Tamisha Civil (feat. MPDC’s Leslie Reid and Intiya Ambrogi-Isaza)

On May 21st, 2022, MPDC’s CEO, Leslie Reid, and Director of Real Estate, Intiya Ambrogi-Isaza sat down with Voice of Reason Boston, hosted by Tamisha Civil, to discuss P3 Roxbury, a new development concept that prioritizes community, equity, and opportunity for the Roxbury neighborhood.