“A 32-year-old rule that requires developers of large projects in Boston to invest in childcare facilities hasn’t been consistently followed, but a new effort from the mayor aims to fix that.
Mayor Michelle Wu last week signed an executive order to standardize the amount that developers must pay, an attempt to create a more consistent flow of funding to address Boston’s undersupply of childcare facilities. The change is one of a series of initiatives the mayor campaigned on that could add more fees or regulations for developers in the city.
“We are creating consistency here for all parties and securing more predictable funding for childcare programs across our city at a time where our economic recovery depends on our families to access that care,” Wu said at a press conference last week.
The Inclusion of Daycare Facilities ordinance was passed in 1989 under then-Mayor Raymond Flynn as a way to create more childcare facilities in business districts for working parents and to spur investment in additional childcare facilities throughout the city.”.
