This report presents statistics on housing and household characteristics in Boston, Mass., from the 1977 - 78 Annual Housing Survey. The information for the survey was collected by personal interview from April 1977 through February 1978. The report presents statistics on general housing characteristics, indicators of housing and neighborhood quality, financial characteristics, recent mover households, and financial characteristics cross - classified by indicators of housing and neighborhood quality. The section on general housing characteristics consists of tables with data on selected housing characteristics for 1977, 1974, and 1970; characteristics of new construction units; and 1974 characteristics of housing units removed from the housing inventory. The same subject content given in these tables is also presented for households with black and Spanish heads of households. The section on indicators of housing and neighborhood quality presents statistical data on characteristics for owner - occupied and renter - occupied housing units with black and Spanish heads of households and for vacant year - round housing units. Other tables present data on the characteristics of owner - occupied and renter - occupied housing units by family income; on the characteristics of owner - occupied, one - family homes by property value; and on the characteristics of renter - occupied housing units by gross rent. The same subject content is shown for housing units with black and Spanish heads of households. Tables with data on recent mover households present characteristics of all occupied housing units and units occupied by recent movers and other information concerning black and Spanish heads of household. Cross - tabulations are also shown of the indicators of housing and neighborhood quality by income, value, and gross rent. The same information is given for black and Spanish heads of household. Appendices describe the geographic area classifications; provide definitions and explanations of the subjects in the report; and present information on sample design, estimation, and accuracy of data. Maps and table - finding guides are included. (Author abstract modified).