Housing costs across the nation and in Greater Boston are rising, and many policymakers have turned to Inclusionary …. We identify the potential for various policy levers to create affordable housing, and address the risks and limitations … affordable housing production policies …

Inclusionary housing policies enacted by municipal governments rely on a combination of legal mandates and economic … regulations provide a means of stimulating the production of mixed-income housing at a minimal cost to the public sector, but have … been hypothesized to slow development and put upward pressure on housing prices. The results of the theoretical models …

serve both the redistributive and growth-enhancing objectives of poverty reduction policies. The current state of housing … growth of alleviating housing shortages by improving access to mortgage financing. …

Understanding housing affordability is key to addressing the housing problem. This study evaluates housing … percent of income standard that is commonly used as a measure of housing affordability in the country. The authors note that … the 30 percent of income standard overestimates housing affordability among the poor and underestimates among those in the …