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Housing Starts: 1996 to 2006
| Year1 | Units Added | Units Lost | Net Change | Projects Adding Units |
Projects Removing Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 544 | 13 | 531 | 24 | 5 |
| 1997 | 508 | 16 | 492 | 29 | 10 |
| 1998 | 127 | 33 | 94 | 24 | 10 |
| 1999 | 216 | 8 | 208 | 24 | 3 |
| 2000 | 622 | 6 | 616 | 28 | 5 |
| 2001 | 239 | 2 | 237 | 26 | 3 |
| 2002 | 46 | 16 | 30 | 6 | 3 |
| 2003 | 322 | 6 | 316 | 19 | 5 |
| 2004 | 486 | 6 | 480 | 18 | 6 |
| 2006 | 630 | 17 | 613 | 31 | 14 |
| 2006 | 898 | 23 | 875 | 23 | 15 |
| 1. The date reflects the year a building permit was first issued for a development project. These figures may omit projects initiated during the pertinent time period that added or removed units to the housing stock. | |||||
| Sources: Cambridge Assessing Department, 2006; Cambridge Inspectional Services Department, Major Project Summary Reports, 2006. | |||||

For More Information
For more information about socioeconomic and demographic statistics about Cambridge, please contact Cliff Cook, ccook@cambridgema.gov, Planning Information Manager, at 617/349-4656. The Community Development Department TTY line is 617/349-4621.
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