Affordable housing is a deeply contentious issue in Massachusetts and throughout the nation. This Note responds to the 2010 attempt to repeal the Commonwealth's Affordable Housing Law, 40B. The ballot measure failed and the law survived but not without a fight. In an effort to develop a ...
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 ...
Chapter 40B — the state’s so-called “anti-snob” affordable housing law — has pitted developers vs. towns and neighbors in contentious fights over affordable housing projects. It’s one of the most controversial laws in the state, with opponents seeking to reform or repeal the law in rec...
Healey's bill is far from becoming law and the dream of owning a home feels less than attainable for Brown the longer she waits. Her realtor, Nicole Vermillion, has this advice for those desperately on the hunt. "Because inventory is so, so low," she said. "Things are moving so, so...
If you're thinking of moving to Massachusetts but are looking for some of the most affordable towns and cities to live in (and who isn't), you've come to the right place.
Affordable housing has always been a problem in the United States. Cities and towns originally engaged in forms of discrimination through exclusionary zoning to exclude low-income residents. While many of the social attitudes persist tod... BR Lerman - 《Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Revie...
Thesaurus Medical Legal Financial Acronyms Encyclopedia Wikipedia Related to Massachusetts:Maryland,Minnesota,Tennessee,Massachusetts General Hospital Mas·sa·chu·setts (măs′ə-cho͞o′sĭts)Abbr.MAorMass. A state of the northeast United States. One of the original Thirteen Colonies, it was ...
By law, Massachusetts utilities must procure 5,600 MW of offshore wind by 2027. H.5060 does not change the quantity of offshore wind procurement. Rather, the bill updates the bidding process by eliminating the price cap, which required each successive procurement to offer lower prices than the...
A professor of law at Suffolk Law School, Mr. Clark has been on the Board since 1974. As a lawyer for the Boston citywide tenants association, he helped supervise five years of receivership at the Boston Housing Authority. He writes frequent articles on housing, constitutional law and ethics...
Housing-Open Space Tax Passes in 5 Massachusetts Cities.Reports that the voters in five communities of Massachusetts has passed the controversial affordable-housing and open-space tax law while Boston and other seven community has rejected the law. Names of the five communities which passed the law...