After more than 18 months of working with the Updated Stretch Energy Code and the newly created Municipal Opt-in Specialized Code, the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) proposed a…
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The 10th Edition of the Base Building Code (780 CMR) with Massachusetts Amendments, became effective on Friday, October 11, 2024. On December 2, 2024, the Board of Building Regulations and…
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In a major victory for efforts to increase housing production in the commonwealth, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that the controversial MBTA Communities Act is constitutional and that…
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Governor Maura Healey recently signed into law a provision in an omnibus economic development bill that establishes an automatic two-year extension to certain permits and licenses concerning the use or…
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Edward Augustus, Secretary of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities, was presented with the “Defender of Housing Award” at the association’s recent Annual Installation and Awards Banquet…
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Sarah Wilkerson, the Commissioner of the Division of Occupational Licensure, recently announced that the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth will officially promulgate the 10th Edition of the Base Building Code…
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Nearly ten months after she first filed it, Governor Maura Healey signed the Affordable Homes Act into law as Chapter 150 of the Acts of 2024. HBRAMA President Michael Duffany,…
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Quickly following last month’s action by the Massachusetts House of Representatives, the State Senate unanimously approved its version of the Healey-Driscoll Administration’s housing bond bill, also known as the Affordable…
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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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