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Luc Schuster @lucschuster

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Joined February 2009
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Existing research finds that new housing construction is usually fiscally net positive. And even in the cases where it isn't, we should probably build the housing anyway :-) A summary of the research my personal take in the latest Upzone Update: mbtacommunities.bostonindica…
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New Release!🚨🚨 bostonindicators.org/reports…
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Hard copies of our new report just arrived ahead of Thursday’s release event with @Harvard_JCHS and @Utile_Design. Not too late to register and snag one for yourself! tbf.org/events/2024/october/…
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More public $ would be great but the report's last clause is doing a lot of work: "and dismantling barriers to affordable housing construction in local zoning codes." We could fix many (not all) of our housing woes for no public $ through zoning/permitting/building code reforms
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We've got a great guest post for the week's Upzone Update on the Milton case from lawyer Henry Korman. Check it out! mbtacommunities.bostonindica…

Who's in charge of zoning? Implications of the Milton case for MBTA-C

Upzone Update offers analysis of MBTA-C compliance efforts, produced by zoning expert Amy Dain and the staff of Boston Indicators. This week's cover article is by Henry Korman, a lawyer specializing...

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Latest Upzone Update: Analysis of Milton case by Henry Korman, News summaries with links, Calendar of town meetings, Latest compliance counts, Info re. new ADU law HousingWorks funding. Reminder to send me updates/insights for the next one. mbtacommunities.bostonindica…

Who's in charge of zoning? Implications of the Milton case for MBTA-C

Upzone Update offers analysis of MBTA-C compliance efforts, produced by zoning expert Amy Dain and the staff of Boston Indicators. This week's cover article is by Henry Korman, a lawyer specializing...

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🚨 🚨 YIMBY wonk alert!🚨 🚨 tbf.org/Events/2024/October/…

Legalizing Mid-Rise Single-Stair Housing in Massachusetts

Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, Utile and Boston Indicators have in different ways spent years researching how zoning regulations contribute to Greater Boston’s housing shortage. But...

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The older I get, the more proud I am to be from Boston. economist.com/united-states/…
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The start of the school year in Somerville Public Schools: *1/2 day wednesday *full day thursday *no school friday *no school monday *full day tuesday *1/2 day wednesday
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19 Aug 2024
NEW POST: Is 3 million a lot of homes? Compared to what? Trying to put VP Harris' housing goal into context. marketurbanism.com/2024/08/1…

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Our 9 year 364 day anniversary ❤️
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Co-sign. Cities must become much more family friendly. Full stop. But even as-is I think too many give up and move to the burbs, but on net miss out.
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Regular volleyball > beach volleyball
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Not too late to register for our zoom author briefing on homelessness, first thing tomorrow at 930am... tbf.org/Events/2024/August/H…

Homelessness in Greater Boston: Trends in the Context of Our Broader Housing Crisis

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Tons of missing middle housing and modest starter homes going up in Bozeman, Montana, where we’re visiting for a month. It’s certainly sprawl-y, but also really exciting to be in a growing city with ambition and an eye towards the future.
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Leonardo DiCaprio, highest paid state employee in Massachusetts.
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Hot off the presses! Our first (and probably only) summer edition of Upzone Update This one's a guest post from @nate_stell describing Mayor Wu's Squares Streets initiative and calling for it to go bigger. Great analysis mbtacommunities.bostonindica…

Guest post: Squares Streets - Rezone the residential streets, too!

While the pace of zoning votes slows down for the summer, we wanted to share a compelling analysis of Boston’s ongoing Squares Streets initiative by Roslindale resident Nate Stell. In September,...

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Boston's total population has increased by ~100k since 1980, but it's school-aged pop has declined by almost 30k.
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The kids who do remain are much more likely to be of color.
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And they're much more likely to be lower-income.
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