Re-imagine Housing Affordability in a Post-Pandemic Boston

Aeron Hodges, AIA, is a Principal at Stantec Architecture. Based in the Boston office, she has led designs for developers in high-barriers-to-entry markets while balancing unique requirements of municipalities, residential trends, and multifamily economics to deliver high quality market-rate and affordable residential communities. Her broad ranging experience, including multifamily housing, workplace, commercial/mixed-use, and public projects, informs the innovative yet practical solutions she develops for clients. Her recent projects include the Parker, Miscella and Montaje at Assembly Row, and 800 Spring Garden. As co-founder of WHAT’S IN, a design initiative pushing for innovative & affordable housing solutions, she received the ONEin3 Impact Award from Boston for being an outstanding civic leader under age 35. Aeron was also a Plym Travel Fellow from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, during which she investigated replicable housing typologies from Europe.

Wandy is interested in the ways housing design and policy come together, as she seeks to exist in the liminal space between the two. This inquiry of liminality led her to this fellowship, co-hosted by the Mayor's Housing Innovation Lab and the Boston Society of Architects. She oversees the effort of using innovative design to create more affordable housing throughout Boston. She aims to center the many voices of Boston’s residents and their complex experiences, as these must ultimately drive the design and implementation of future affordable homes and neighborhoods in the City. Wandy holds a BFA in Architecture from UMass Amherst, and a Master of Architecture from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, where she concluded with a focus on the urban and housing design of a self-sustaining eco-village in her home country of Angola. Prior to this fellowship, she worked on affordable housing projects in the New England area as an architectural designer at Stull & Lee, Inc.

William “Wil” H. Catlin, Jr. is Partner and Managing Principal of Boston Realty Advisors, where he oversees the Commercial Leasing Division, as well as the overall strategic growth of the firm. Wil has an innate ability to translate business objectives and corporate culture into an effective environment that yields productivity and creativity. Mr. Catlin leads a group of client-centric professionals in both tenant representation and agency leasing. Since 2017, the Commercial Leasing Division has leased over 1.5 million square feet, establishing Boston Realty Advisors as the market leader for the TAMI office sector and specialists in navigating gut rehab commercials projects throughout Greater Boston. Mr. Catlin is an active member of NAIOP and the Greater Boston Real Estate Board (GBREB). He is on the board of Love Lane Therapeutic Horseback Riding Program, The Tremont School and part of the Menlo College Alumni Association.