We need more creative thinking like this, not just in Boston, but in any city where there's a glut of office space. (In North America, that includes NYC, San Francisco, Toronto, Winnipeg ...)
The devil, of course, will be in the details. But incentives like this can really help get things moving in the right direction.
Speaking of "incentives" I wonder how much of this is city gov - via the mayor saying: Those of you who can and aren't making your residential stock available...well, we're going to leap frog you.
Certainly, if there are entities that are going to win from this, there are entities that are going to lose if they don't act.
The devil, of course, will be in the details. But incentives like this can really help get things moving in the right direction.