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Factory-built housing is increasingly being hailed as a solution to the housing shortage and affordability crisis, but the companies building those homes are failing

Modular, or factory-built, housing could help boost efficiency and cut costs for homebuilding. But many modular construction companies have failed in recent

Factory-built homes could help solve the housing affordability crisis, but the companies attempting to disrupt the construction industry are failing.

The labor historian and former union leader traces the industrys rising fatality rates and declining wages to the systemic weakening of building-trades unions.

Bold Types is our weekly roundup of the movers and shakers on Boston's business scene.

Review of Purple Power: The History and Global Impact of SEIU edited by Louis Aguiar and Joseph McCartin (University of Illinois Press, 2023)

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Whiskey on Water was issued a three-day suspension for violating occupancy rules Thursday over occupancy at a college-themed event in February.

A slate of Mayor Michelle Wu’s nominees for the Zoning Board of Appeal (ZBA), a powerful panel, received approval from the City Council on Wednesday. A critic of the ZBA on the mayoral campaign trail and arguing the entity needs reform, Wu put forward her slate in September, proposing to reappoint just three people who served under previous administrations. The ZBA has 14

The city’s development boom is leading to an increase in the number of residential units in buildings big and small, as City Hall hopes to alleviate a housing crisis driven by supply outstripping demand across the region. That development has led to street-level verbal clashes in the neighborhoods as residents who oppose proposals are jousting with developers and neighbors who