Public Hearing Notice Groton Conservation Commission In accordance with the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act, M.G.L Ch. 131, Sec. 40 and the Groton Wetlands Protection Bylaw, the Groton ...

One of the tools in the state’s housing-creation toolbox has been lying unused for more than two years, waiting for the state ...

The Healey administration is rolling out $8.7 million to Massachusetts cities and towns complying with the controversial MBTA zoning law while withholding previously committed grant funds from ...

A battle between the state auditor and the attorney general has erupted over the MBTA zoning law and whether ... 18 Brazilian nationals in Massachusetts charged with illegal gun sales, 110 ...

Cambridge, Massachusetts, enacted reforms last month that overturn century-old zoning regulations long embedded in American land-use practice. By establishing a generous citywide baseline for housing ...

The vote came after more than 1,097 housing units were proposed through the town's MBTA Communities zoning in a two-year span ...

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The MBTA Communities Act requires 177 towns and cities across Massachusetts to create at least one zoning district where multifamily housing is allowed by right. These communities are placed into ...

The MBTA Communities Act, deemed constitutional in January, requires that these communities create at least one zoning district near public transportation that allows multifamily housing by right.

Several other states — from Oregon to Vermont — have recently banned single-family zoning. But it would be a change for “most” Massachusetts municipalities, which have at least some single ...

Communities across eastern Massachusetts are under pressure to ... communities — had until the end of 2024 to pass compliant zoning rules. And in January, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled ...