Experimenting to overcome Boston's housing crisis. by Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo published on 2021-10-01T18:28:59Z In 2020, the government of Massachusetts' most populous city estimated that more than 100,000 households would struggle to afford the expense of keeping a roof over their heads. The population affected is large: nearly 40% of the city's housing stock is inhabited by renters. Listen to Nigel Jacobs, co-director of the Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics and Wandy Pascoal, Fellow at Housing Innovation Lab, explain how innovation can solve one of Boston's biggest problems. Genre housingcrisis