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  • Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s administration has begun authorizing construction of smaller rental and ownership units across the city.
    John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
    Mayor Menino’s administration has authorized smaller housing units, some as small as 450 square feet.
  • Critics have pressed officlals to allow the small units to help cut housing costs.
    Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe
    Critics have pressed officlals to allow the small units to help cut housing costs.
  • Boston is one of many high-cost cities immersed in a nationwide debate over minimum housing sizes. San Francisco is now allowing units as small as 220 square feet.
    Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe
    Boston is one of many high-cost cities debating minimum housing sizes. San Francisco allows 220 square foot units.
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