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

Boston City Councilor Gabriela Coletta Zapata (District 1) proposed a home rule petition to modernize and reform the Zoning Board of Appeal (ZBA) in Boston. This legislation aims to improve ...

The Auditor’s Division of Local Mandates found late last month that the 2021 zoning law is an unfunded ... 18 Brazilian nationals in Massachusetts charged with illegal gun sales, 110 firearms ...

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 ...

New Jersey followed with 131, Pennsylvania with 123, and Connecticut with 120. Massachusetts recorded the highest in New England with 132 contaminants, while Maryland and Virginia reported 94 and 108, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

But are they also compounding Massachusetts' deep housing crisis? A state-appointed commission focused on the state’s worsening housing shortage in fact identified single-family-only zoning ...