Nearly seven months after it was filed, the Massachusetts House of Representatives approved the Healey-Driscoll Administration’s capital spending plan to increase the supply of housing, rehabilitate and modernize public housing,…
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HBRAMA President Michael Duffany recently testified at the State House on Governor Healey’s omnibus housing legislation, House Bill No. 4138, the Affordable Homes Act. This landmark bill authorizes $4.12 billion…
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HBRAMA Immediate Past President Jeffery Brem has been appointed by Governor Healey to serve on the Commission on Unlocking Housing Production. Healey issued an executive order last October establishing the…
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As of December 5, 2023, 29 cities and towns have adopted the Municipal Opt-in Specialized Energy Code by local legislative action. The they include Brookline, Cambridge, Somerville, Watertown (effective July…
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Arguing that Massachusetts needs to create smaller house lots that will enable builders to produce more attainable single-family homes, HBRAMA Government Affairs Chair Rob Brennan and HBRAMA Vice President Susan Kadilak…
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An effort to place a local-option rent control law before voters has been abandoned by its proponents after they acknowledged they would be unable to collect the signatures of 74,574…
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Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll recently addressed the members of the Home Builders and Remodelers Association at its Annual Installation and Awards Banquet held at the Sea Crest Beach Resort in…
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Earlier this month, supporters of an effort to restore rent control in Massachusetts led by State Rep. Michael Connelly (D-Cambridge) filed an initiative petition (No. 23-42) to put rent control…
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The Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) recently issued revisions to the guidelines that determine if an MBTA community is in compliance with the multi-family zoning mandate of…
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June 28, 2023 Massachusetts must take bolder steps to solve the housing affordability crisis while simultaneously counteracting climate change, including new policies to rapidly boost construction of more energy-efficient, planet-friendly…
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