By the way, I passed 500 blog posts this week. We'll have to schedule a party to celebrate this astonishing achievement.
I had a discussion last night with a fellow architect about an initiative proposed by Governor Deval Patrick to encourage the construction of 10,000 new dwelling units per year through 2020 in the state. My friend had attended a formal presentation on the topic and he, along with some of his colleagues, were frustrated that the governor's office was reluctant to define what constituted a housing "unit."
I've thought about this a little bit, and my best definition is something along the lines of this: A self-contained, habitable area with a kitchen facility and a sleeping room. This means that hotel rooms don't count. It also means that any number of bedrooms fulfills the definition--as long as you have a place to prepare food.
So, how are we doing? According to the graph above, not so good. For the past few years we've been averaging about 4800 units a year (the graph is a month to month). In the context of recent history, the governor's proposal is actually quite modest.
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