By Katie Trojano, Reporter Staff
December 17, 2020
Katie Trojano, Reporter Staff
Affordable housing activists are calling on Mayor Walsh to strengthen the city’s Inclusive Development Policy (IDP) and urging state lawmakers to pass a home rule petition that would boost developer linkage fees.
At a virtual press conference last week, a group dubbed the Coalition for a Truly Affordable Boston said its members want the city to mandate that any new development build in, or pay for, 33 percent of the units to be affordable, a big jump from the current IDP formula of 13 percent. The activists also want changes in how the city defines income levels so that units are more affordable for residents with the greatest need along with the release of full data about the IDP and development in the community.