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Housing and the Economy in Greater
Boston:
Trends, Impacts, and Potential Responses
On May 22, The Federal Reserve Bank
of Boston's New England Public Policy Center and The
Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston at Harvard's
Kennedy School of Government held a morning discussion
on Housing and the Economy: Trends, Impacts, and Potential
Responses.
We are pleased to release NEPPC Working Paper No. 06-1,
which accompanied the event:
"The
Lack of Affordable Housing in New England: How Big
a Problem? Why Is It Growing? What Are We Doing About
It?"
by Alicia
Sasser, Bo
Zhao, and Darcy Rollins (with an overview by Robert
Tannenwald)
Presentations from the conference are available here
in portable document format (PDF).
The Lack of Affordable
Housing in New England: How Big a Problem? Why Is
It Growing? What Are We Doing About It? 
Alicia Sasser, Economist
New England Public Policy Center
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Sustaining the Mass
Economy: Housing Costs, Population Dynamics, and Employment
Barry Bluestone, Professor of Political Economy
and Director,
The Center for Urban and Regional Policy
Northeastern University
Housing Supply Restrictions
and the Boston Economy
Edward L. Glaeser, Professor of Economics and Director
The Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston
Harvard University
Reports authored by conference participants are also
available.
Sustaining
the Mass Economy: Housing Costs, Population Dynamics,
and Employment 
Barry Bluestone, Professor of Political Economy
and Director,
The Center for Urban and Regional Policy
Northeastern University
The
Economic Impact of Restricting Housing Supply
Edward L. Glaeser, Professor of Economics and Director
The Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston
Harvard University
Conference Agenda:
Welcome
Cathy E. Minehan, President and
CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Keynote Address
Richard F. Syron, President and
CEO, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie
Mac)
Current Trends and Their Impacts
Barry Bluestone, Professor of Political
Economy and Director, The Center for Urban and Regional
Policy, Northeastern University
Edward L. Glaeser, Professor of
Economics and Director, The Rappaport Institute for
Greater Boston, Harvard University
Alicia Sasser, Economist, New England
Public Policy Center, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Moderator: Lynn E. Browne, Executive
Vice-President and Economic Advisor, Federal Reserve
Bank of Boston
Potential Policy Responses
John J. Clarke, Director of Advocacy,
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Robert L. Culver, President and
CEO, MassDevelopment
Lawrence Curtis, Managing Partner,
Winn Development and President, Greater Boston Real
Estate Board
Mary Claire Higgins, Mayor of Northampton
and President, Massachusetts Municipal Association
State Representative Rachel Kaprielian,
Co-chair, Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional
Government
Charlotte Golar Richie, Director,
Boston’s Department of Neighborhood Development
Moderator and Closing Remarks: David T. Ellwood,
Dean, Kennedy School of Government
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