Daniel Dain, Douglas Troyer and NicholasShapiro
Solving the major housing crisis confronting the commonwealth will require bold and big solutions. Some good ones have been discussed and debated to
try to spur housing production –
should multifamily housing be allowed in every zoning district? Should minimum
lot size requirements be capped, allowing the development of smaller lots which
can support more overall units?
The challenge of
potentially transformative ideas, of course, is they often face entrenched and
widespread resistance.
How about looking for seemingly minor ideas that could have an outsized effect on housing production? Maybe instead of focusing on substantive impediments to housing production, we should examine procedural impediments.
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