Tags: MBTA housing law

HOUSING LAW PUT TO THE TEST

By Greg Ryan Massachusetts is building significantly less housing than it was in the mid-20th century. Not coincidentally, the median home sale price has nearly doubled in the past decade to $600,000, far outpacing income growth. More people are leaving Massachusetts for other states than are moving here. Those problems are what the MBTA Communities zoning […]

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State may deny grants to communities that don’t comply with new MBTA housing law

By Andrew Brinker Globe Staff, Massachusetts housing officialson Thursday added to their arsenal of financial penalties for communities that don’t comply with an ambitious new state law to boost housing development near transit stops, while granting them one big compromise that may make it easier to meet its requirements. The new rules threaten towns that avoid rezoning under […]

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