Resources

Accessory Dwelling Units

• Amy Dain report on ADUs in Greater Boston 
• City of Newton Accessory Apartment Ordinance

• “Segregated By Design” short film
• NPR piece on racist history of housing policy in America
• Adam Ruins Everything’s “The Disturbing History of the Suburbs”
• Rewire’s “How Discussions of Neighborhood Character Reinforce Structural Racism”
• Timeline of civil rights and fair housing advances at the national level

• Wellesley Housing Production Plan
• Wellesley Housing Authority
• Wellesley Planning Department

• Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA)
• Massachusetts Housing Partnership (MHP)
• Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC)
• Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD)
• The Boston Foundation’s Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2019

• Freddie Mac housing shortage estimates by state 
• California DHCD’s “Myths and Facts about Affordable & High-Density Housing” 
• Sightline Institute’s “This Is How You Slow-Walk into a Housing Shortage”
• Strong Towns articles about how real estate development works:
  • “6 Things to Know About How Development Works”
  • “Why Are Developers Only Building Luxury Housing?”