With a long-sought zoning reform finally gaining steam on Beacon Hill as the legislature enters the waning days of this session, it looks like state leaders may be poised to take one of their biggest steps yet to address Massachusetts’ dramatic housing shortage.

Study after study in recent years has warned that the state is producing tens of thousands fewer apartments, condominiums and houses than it needs to fulfil demand over the next several decades. And market-watchers say this shortage of units contributes to everything from racial disparities in homeownership and racial segregation in neighborhoods to substantial yearly increases in home sale prices and rents in communities across the state, placing a larger burden on some families’ finances and putting the dream of homeownership out of reach for others.

But will the “Housing Choices” bill, as the initiative championed by Gov. Charlie Baker is known, be enough? Will lowering the threshold housing-related zoning changes need to be approved by a local board from two-thirds to a simple majority create enough housing fast enough to help fix the state’s housing market? Take our poll and share your thoughts.