To view the webinar, click here. To download a copy of the presentation, click here. Our main points of discussion were: Requirements and issues regarding the new stretch energy code…
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Having become effective on December 28, 2022, several communities have moved quickly to adopt the Municipal Opt-in Specialized Stretch Energy Code promulgated by the Department of Energy Resources (DOER) pursuant…
The Department of Energy Resources (DOER) recently closed the comment period on draft regulations for the 10-Community Fossil Fuel Demonstration Project that will allow certain communities to ban all new…
Fulfilling a campaign promise she made last year, Governor Maura Healey filed legislation to split the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development into two separate cabinet offices: the Executive…
Responding to the pushback by some cities and towns to the MBTA Community multi-family zoning mandate in the Zoning Act, Attorney General Andrea Campbell recently issued an Enforcement Advisory to…
By Guy Webb, HBRAMA’s “Code Guy” As of January 1st of this year, there is an Updated Stretch Energy Code in effect, much to the surprise of many builders, remodelers…
HOME BUILDERS & REMODELERS ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS 2023–2024 Legislative Package The following is a summary of the bills submitted by the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Massachusetts for consideration…
On December 14, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in the case of Terrance Marengi, Jr., & others v. 6 Forest Road, LLC & another, SJC-13316, ruled in favor of the…
The efforts of the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Massachusetts to create a new Chapter 40Y of the General Laws – the Starter Home Zoning District Act – came…
Despite the opposition of the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Massachusetts and a coalition of real estate, housing and business organizations, as well as labor unions and utility companies,…
