StreetsPAC Mass, which supports sustainable transportation and public transit, released endorsements for Boston’s upcoming city council elections. All 13 seats are up for election, but only the four at-large seats and four district seats have competition. They endorsed Lydia Edwards, Kim Janey, Corey Dinopolous, Brandon Bowser in the district races and Michelle Wu, Ayanna Pressley, Annissa Essaibi-George and Domingos DaRosa for the at-large seats.

While these may be the purported pro-transit candidates, unfortunately for Boston, they have blind spots when it comes to housing. Except for Edwards, they offer the usual pablum of “better planning” and more taxes. Little understanding of housing is evident, especially by Bowser. On his website he implicitly denies filtering and praises the community planning process that has unreasonably blocked dozens of apartments and disparages affordable options while supporting parking minimums.

Will Boston ever produce a candidate who bothers to read Barry Bluestone’s Housing Report Cards?

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