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2. Massachusetts Comprehensive Permit Act: Chapter 40B

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   The Comprehensive Permit Act is a Massachusetts law which allows developers of affordable housing to override certain aspects of municipal zoning bylaws and other requirements. It consists of Massachusetts General Laws (M.G.L.) Chapter 40B, Sections 20 through 23, along with associated regulations issued and administered by the Massachusetts ...

3. Guest column: Affordable Homes Act state's blueprint to solve ...

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   The AHA will kick-start the production of over 40,000 new homes and preserve thousands more existing units in Massachusetts over the ... $800 million for the state’s Affordable Housing Trust ...

4. Affordable housing - Wikipedia

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   In the United States [17] and Canada, [18] a commonly accepted guideline for housing affordability is a housing cost, including utilities, that does not exceed 30% of a household's gross income. [19] Some definitions include maintenance costs as part of housing costs. [20]

5. Massachusetts has a huge waitlist for state-funded housing ...

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   Deb Libby is running out of time to find a place to live. Libby, 56, moved to Worcester, Massachusetts, four years ago, in part to be closer to the doctors treating her for pancreatic cancer.

6. Towns settling for 'bare minimum' with housing law, advocates ...

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   There’s a new challenge to Massachusetts’ housing crisis: bare minimum compliance to the state's MBTA communities zoning law. Local governments that are in the next phase of the Multi-Family ...

7. Builder's remedy - Wikipedia

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   Builder's remedy. The builder's remedy is a legal mechanism in the United States that can be used in certain states to expedite the construction of low or middle income housing when a municipality fails to comply with laws related to housing development. Typically, where a municipality fails to comply with state laws regarding the development ...