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 following is a summary of the bills submitted by the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Massachusetts for consideration in the 194th Massachusetts Legislature: An Act encouraging the adoption…
The Healey-Driscoll Administration recently released the initial results of Massachusetts’ first comprehensive statewide housing plan to increase housing production, meet the unique needs of communities and lower costs across the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
