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…
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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…
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently held oral argument on Milton’s challenge to the law mandating that cities and towns serviced by the Metropolitan Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) must establish…
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…
Nearly seven months after it was filed, the Massachusetts House of Representatives approved the Healey-Driscoll Administration’s capital spending plan to increase the supply of housing, rehabilitate and modernize public housing,…
HBRAMA President Michael Duffany recently testified at the State House on Governor Healey’s omnibus housing legislation, House Bill No. 4138, the Affordable Homes Act. This landmark bill authorizes $4.12 billion…
HBRAMA Immediate Past President Jeffery Brem has been appointed by Governor Healey to serve on the Commission on Unlocking Housing Production. Healey issued an executive order last October establishing the…
As of December 5, 2023, 29 cities and towns have adopted the Municipal Opt-in Specialized Energy Code by local legislative action. The they include Brookline, Cambridge, Somerville, Watertown (effective July…
