AG Gets Serious About Enforcing MBTA Communities Law
The attorney general’s lawsuit suggests that she will not wait to find out whether the loss of access to specific state funding programs will eventually persuade Milton to adopt compliant zoning.
Is There Room for Housing at Coolidge Corner?
There’s broad agreement in Brookline that its main commercial corridor of Harvard Street is one of the town’s crown jewels. A pending fight over how to add more housing there is shaping up to be a hard-fought struggle.
AG Warns Towns About MBTA Zoning Compliance
Municipalities that don’t comply with the state law requiring that denser, multifamily housing be allowed near transit stations could be slapped with lawsuits in addition to losing access to key sources of state funding, Attorney General Andrea Campbell warned Wednesday.
New Mass. Zoning Law Offers a Better Kind of Growth
Massachusetts’ new transit-oriented zoning law has the potential to restore town centers and bring rental prices down to a more affordable level. But it needs the help of workers and businesspeople in the Massachusetts real estate industry to succeed.
