“By the year 2030, Boston will reach more than 700,000 residents, a number the City has not seen since the 1950s. Housing Boston 2030 is the City's strategy to responsibly plan for [this] growth..... [and] help create 53,000 new units of housing at a variety of income levels across the City” (Housing a Changing City; Boston 2030). Within this framework, the 2017 Boston Symposium will focus on answering the following question: Is there any room for “sustainable” housing development around rapid transit stations in Boston?