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The initiative petition to automatically allow single-family homes wherever there is adequate space, direct road access, and existing water and sewer service would produce a meaningful increase in starter homes,…

Gov. Maura Healey has signed into law an exemption from the states 6.25% sales tax on all materials, tools and fuel used or consumed in the construction of certain multi-family…

Court’s ruling a win for housing production The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial court yesterday struck down the initiative petition to impose statewide rent control that would have appeared on the November…

Local governments across the country are facing growing fiscal pressures as infrastructure costs rise and housing affordability continues to worsen. While housing policy discussions often focus on social and economic…

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has delayed the start date of the new Clean Heat Standard (CHS) by two years. As part of the state’s NetZero by 2050…

Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin has certified an initiative petition that would allow single-family homes to be constructed by right on any parcel of land located in a zoning…

The Healey-Driscoll Administration recently announced a major initiative to cut environmental regulations to make it faster and easier to build homes in Massachusetts. These new draft regulations are anticipated to…

Notwithstanding a major victory in January when the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the MBTA Communities Act is constitutional and that the attorney general has the power to enforce…

The U.S. Commerce Department has announced it is nearly tripling its anti-dumping duties on Canadian lumber imports from 7.66%to 20.56% following its annual review of existing tariffs. The anti-dumping duties…