In recent days, the Cities of Boston and Chelsea announced plans to discuss the elimination of minimum parking requirements in their respective zoning codes. These cities join Somerville and Cambridge, which removed such requirements in 2022 and 2024, respectively. Discussions center around the need to incentivize housing supply and the exorbitant costs per parking space, which could discourage developers, especially of small-to-mid-size housing. GBREB CEO Greg Vasil spoke in favor of such efforts in Boston, noting that “removing nonessential policies is a simple step to help us overcome the housing crisis.”