Category: Bureau Updates

Forty-nine Boston schools are classified as requiring assistance or intervention, but Boston as a whole is partially meeting targets.

Housing, economic development and social mobility are in the forefront of a wide range of challenges for mayors across the country.

Boston’s financial position earned the highest ratings from Moody’s Investment Services and S&P Global in 2019. Both rating agencies cited the risk of climate change as a key issue in their ratings reports.

Substantial new growth drove Boston’s property tax levy increase of $133.4M or 6%, far greater than the Proposition 2½ levy limit of 2.5%. New growth, primarily from residential new development, contributed $78.7M, the largest new growth amount ever.