A proposal to allow for six-story residential buildings across Cambridge would create 4,880 net new housing units in the next decade and a half, almost 14 times the number of units expected under current zoning, according to new estimates from city officials.
A group of Cambridge city councilors are interested in radically rezoning the city to eliminate single-family-only zoning in order to boost housing production. Under the proposal, the height limit for residential buildings could be no lower than six stories in any part of the city.