From Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2023:

• Housing grew by 4% from 2018-2022 (325 mf, 4 sf)  but population shrank by 3.8%

• suggesting household size is shrinking, with fewer people living in more units

• 43% are renters, 53% are cost burdened (inc renters and owners)

• suggesting housing is unaffordable for over half of residents (meaning they spend more than 2/3 income on housing)

• Less than 7% of housing stock is subsidized

• Despite being zoned almost entirely for sf, nearly all new units permitted since 2013 have been mulfi family

• suggesting special permits/zoning relief has been the go to process for most new residential development 

Other Data from IPMUS GIS System:

• Since 1960, Winthrop has:

• Added a total of 2,613 homes

• 2,052 mf homes (for a total of 5,660 in 2020)

• 560 sf homes (for a total of 3,239 in 2020)

• Grown from a community of 6,296 homes to one with 8,909 homes

• Grown its inventory of mf homes by nearly 57%

• Grown its overall inventory of homes by 42%