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The Daily Free Press

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Braddock Park in Boston’s South End. A new city report found that Boston has the highest-percentage of income-restricted housing among any other major city in the country, with one-fifth of all housing units in Boston having some form of income restriction placed on them. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

A fifth of Boston housing units are income-restricted, City study finds

By Guthrie Kuckes November 11, 2018
Mayor Martin Walsh released a report and database from the Boston Department of Neighborhood Development that showed that more than 54,000 housing units in Boston are income-restricted, meaning the rent is set at an affordable rate for qualifying families.
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