Top Story Treating Symptoms, Not The Disease By Scott Pollack October 14, 2025 We continue to mistake tangible assets for housing. Units are the physical manifestation of what people need to live. Demographics Housing - Affordable and Workforce Housing - Multifamily Housing - Single-Family Series
Top Story Let’s Talk About People, Not Units By Scott Pollack September 16, 2025 Almost everyone agrees that there is a housing crisis, but simply acknowledging a problem does not tell you what to do about it. Housing - Affordable and Workforce Housing - Multifamily Housing - Single-Family Series
Top Story Housing Policies and Their Unintended Consequences By Scott Pollack August 21, 2025 In a multifaceted housing ecosystem, it’s not surprising that well-intentioned policies often lead to unexpectedly bad outcomes. Housing - Affordable and Workforce Housing - Multifamily Housing - Single-Family Series
Top Story Housing Is Hard: A Real-World Example in Wellfleet By Scott Pollack May 23, 2025 More than a half century of exclusionary zoning has fundamentally altered community character in ways that are hard to understand. Community and Neighborhood Development Housing - Affordable and Workforce Housing - Multifamily Series
Top Story Living with Tradeoffs -or- Mick Jagger was right- you can't always get what you want. by Scott Pollack March 24, 2025 Life is full of trade-offs; without compromise our lives would be impossible. Housing - Affordable and Workforce Housing - Multifamily Housing - Single-Family Series
Top Story Good Things Come in Small Packages - or - Giving Credit Where Credit is Due By Scott Pollack January 23, 2025 To restate the obvious, housing is an ecosystem that, like all complex systems, is highly reactive to small changes. Housing - Affordable and Workforce Housing - Multifamily Housing - Single-Family Series
Top Story Local Control Isn’t Our Only Problem By Scott Pollack and Susan Connelly September 19, 2024 Housing is highly regulated for a very good reason. Each regulation creates a benefit and imposes a cost. Housing - Affordable and Workforce Housing - Multifamily Series
Top Story Could the Cost of the Housing Status Quo be Worse Than Change? By Scott Pollack July 29, 2024 Lots of people are talking and writing about how hard it is to build housing in Massachusetts. Economic Development Economy Housing - Affordable and Workforce Housing - Multifamily Housing - Single-Family Series
Top Story Why Data Matters By Jennifer Gilbert, Susan Connelly, and Scott Pollack June 18, 2024 It is startling how little reliable, coherent data is available... [for] the planning, design and building of affordable housing. Housing - Affordable and Workforce Housing - Multifamily Housing - Single-Family Housing - Subsidized Series
Top Story Why Multiple, Parallel Regulatory Authorities Makes Housing Really Hard By Scott Pollack and Susan Connelly April 23, 2024 Development sits in the middle of a dynamic fiscal, resource and permitting ecosystem that is really hard to navigate. Development Projects - Small Scale Housing - Affordable and Workforce Housing - Multifamily Housing - Single-Family Regulations and Zoning Series