Tag Archives: Affordable Housing

Cambridge Under Construction

Posted on 04/30/2025 by paulefallon

I walked to the gym the other day, a pleasant walk of 1-1/2 miles or so along residential streets. I counted eleven houses under renovation. Not just homeowners getting a new furnace, landscaping, or applying coat of paint. Major renovations, … Continue reading →

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The Fallacy of Building Our Way to a More Equitable World

Posted on 05/24/2023 by paulefallon
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On Rent Control: Part Four—Opportunity

Posted on 02/09/2022 by paulefallon

The Joint Housing Committee of the Massachusetts Legislature recently held a virtual hearing on House Bill H.1378, a proposal to grant cities and towns the right to establish rent control. As a person who lived in a rent control apartment, … Continue reading →

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On Rent Control: Part Three—Prognosis

Posted on 02/02/2022 by paulefallon

The Joint Housing Committee of the Massachusetts Legislature recently held a virtual hearing on House Bill H.1378, a proposal to grant cities and towns the right to establish rent control. As a person who lived in a rent control apartment, … Continue reading →

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On Rent Control: Part Two—Personal History

Posted on 01/26/2022 by paulefallon

The Joint Housing Committee of the Massachusetts Legislature recently held a virtual hearing on House Bill H.1378, a proposal to grant cities and towns the right to establish rent control. As a person who lived in a rent control apartment, … Continue reading →

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On Rent Control: Part One—Legal History

Posted on 01/19/2022 by paulefallon

The Joint Housing Committee of the Massachusetts Legislature recently held a virtual hearing on House Bill H.1378, a proposal to grant cities and towns the right to establish rent control. As a person who lived in a rent control apartment, … Continue reading →

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Gimme Shelter – 3

Posted on 09/29/2021 by paulefallon

A Primer on Housing America In two previous posts I outlined a brief history of affordable housing in the United States and the current mechanisms for creating more. Still, the gap between the affordable housing supply and demand increases. Is … Continue reading →

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Gimme Shelter – 2

Posted on 09/22/2021 by paulefallon

A Primer on Housing America Last week, I provided a brief, if somewhat snarly, history of affordable housing in the United States. Today, I offer an overview of the strategies and mechanisms available to create affordable housing today. Part Two: … Continue reading →

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Gimme Shelter

Posted on 09/15/2021 by paulefallon

A Primer on Housing America A friend recently asked me how we create affordable housing in the United States. It seemed a simple query. Yet, like so many questions, the deeper I delved, the more complex and frustrating it became. … Continue reading →

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Affairs of (real) Estate

Posted on 04/21/2021 by paulefallon

What is our responsibility—to ourselves, our family, and our community—for the assets we have accumulated during our lives? I confronted this question last year, when I turned sixty-five and reckoned with the good fortune bestowed upon me. Fresh senior citizens … Continue reading →

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