Mayor Wu Outlines Ambitious Plans for Boston in State of the City Address

New housing initiatives, expanded arts access for students, and green policies among key announcements.

Mayor Wu announced plans for new housing, including identifying locations for about 3,000 new public housing units to be built over the next decade, with the federal government providing more than $100 million a year for the units’ maintenance.
Wu also announced an effort to broaden students’ exposure to the arts, with Boston Public School students and their families receiving free admission to a number of venues in the city on the first and second Sundays of each month.
The mayor outlined a new program to ban fossil fuels in new city-owned buildings, aiming to make Boston “the greenest city in America.”
Wu highlighted the city's efforts to combat the opioid and homelessness crises, noting improvements at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard, the epicenter of the city’s opioid and homelessness crises.
The mayor also revealed a proposal to make it easier for homeowners to create smaller, independent living units inside their homes or yards, aiming to expand lower-cost housing options.