On August 6, 2024, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed the Affordable Homes Act (the Act) into law. The Act aims to counter the rising cost of housing in the commonwealth by implementing new policies and providing funding for the construction of affordable housing. New policies include: ...
Healey's solution is the "Affordable Homes Act," a $4 billion plan that would pave the way for about 40,000 homes to be built with grants for first-time homebuyers like Brown and Cholaki Pierre. "I've lived in Boston all my life, worked hard all my life and I just want to buy ...
How the Massachusetts Affordable Housing and Land Use Appeals Act Survived the Most Recent Effort to Repeal ItS. P. KrefetzM. Furman
H.1401— An act relative to provide tenant ownership in government assisted housing Rep. González)H. 1429— An act relative to the use of credit reporting in housing (Rep. Malia)H. 1440— An act relative to the stabilization of rents and evictions in towns and cities facing distress in t...
Under the Cambridge proposal embedded below, a tenant would have up to 240 days to put down a deposit, obtain financing and close on the purchase, and would also have the right to assign the contract to a non-profit housing trust for affordable housing. The proposed law would apply to ...
$1.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds from Barnstable County $1 million in ARPA financing through the Affordable Housing Trust Fund The project will encompass 62 units. Developers will convert the existing bank building—constructed in 1977—into 20 residences and build a new wing for an...
—“Peabody adopts zoning to comply with 3A,”by Caroline Enos, The Salem News:“The City Council voted to adopt an overlay district that allows multi-family housing by right, essentially bringing the city into compliance with the MBTA Communities Act known as 3A. The 8-2 vote by councilor...
The proper place to-day, the only place which Massachusetts has provided for her freer and less desponding spirits, is in her prisons, to be put out and locked out of the State by her own act, as they have already put themselves out by their principles. View in context So is the gov...
this type of ban but were unable to proceed without state legislation. Onlytowns meeting the 10 percent affordable housing target(under chapter 40B of the Massachusetts General Laws) are eligible to participate in this demonstration, and new research laboratories and health care facilities are exempt...
Community Preservation Act Committee (updated Aug 14, 2023, but membership unclear) 9 members Taha Jennings, Budget Director (expires May 29, 2028) Susan Schlesinger, Cambridge Affordable Housing Trust (expires May 2, 2026) Victoria Bergland, Cambridge Housing Authority (expires Jan 8, 2023) Mary...