Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll recently addressed the members of the Home Builders and Remodelers Association at its Annual Installation and Awards Banquet held at the Sea Crest Beach Resort in…
Earlier this month, supporters of an effort to restore rent control in Massachusetts led by State Rep. Michael Connelly (D-Cambridge) filed an initiative petition (No. 23-42) to put rent control…
The Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) recently issued revisions to the guidelines that determine if an MBTA community is in compliance with the multi-family zoning mandate of…
June 28, 2023 Massachusetts must take bolder steps to solve the housing affordability crisis while simultaneously counteracting climate change, including new policies to rapidly boost construction of more energy-efficient, planet-friendly…
Payam Bakhshi, John Cribbs, Afshin Pourmokhtarian, Justin Steil, Zhengzhen Tan, and Siqi Zheng Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Home Builders & Remodelers Association of…
Governor Maura Healey and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll announced that they have named former Worcester City Manager Edward (Ed) M. Augustus to serve as the state’s first Housing Secretary in more than…
This presentation was provided by Chris Kluchman, FAICP, MA DOHCD. To view the presentation click: Multi-family Zoning Requirements for MBTA Communities
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…
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…