The Legislature’s Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security held a public hearing on June 9 on legislation that would allow cities and towns to mandate the installation of…
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On June 3, the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Housing hosted an informational hearing for the members of the committee. Among the invited speakers, were Robert Dietz, Ph.D., Chief Economist and…
HBRAMA on behalf of the Net Zero Subcommittee applied for $20,000 in funding from the NAHB State and Local Issues Fund to aid the subcommittee in working with the state…
After 18 months of leading the association through the many issues affecting our industry during the pandemic, Matt Anderson turned over the presidential duties to Emerson Clauss III at the…
Legislation critical to keeping desperately needed new housing developments moving forward was the subject of a public hearing before the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight on June…
On March 28, Governor Baker signed into law Senate Bill No. 9, An Act creating the next-generation roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy, as Chapter 8 of the Acts of 2021….
Given the dramatic increase in softwood lumber prices, builders should consider adding an escalation clause to contracts in order to address unexpected price increases in building materials. Lumber prices have…
Three years of advocacy by Governor Baker, Lt. Gov. Polito, Housing and Economic Secretary Kennealy, and lobbying by the HBRAMA, came to fruition on January 14 when the governor signed…
In two separate cases, two Land Court judges recently held that the cost of educating school-age children who might move into newly constructed housing units is not a valid ground…
Just two weeks after Governor Baker vetoed an omnibus bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and advance the development of clean energy, the Legislature re-enacted it and sent it back…
