Senate Hopes to Legalize Duplexes Statewide in Toned-Down Reform Push
Senate leaders folded major housing policies into an economic development bill, but signaled there would be no standalone housing bill this year.
Senate leaders folded major housing policies into an economic development bill, but signaled there would be no standalone housing bill this year.
Old-style duplexes make up only 3 percent of new homes in Massachusetts. But CDCs like OneHolyoke are keeping them alive in the state’s Gateway Cities.
A new Brookings-Boston Foundation report goes beyond bemoaning the sorry state of housing affordability in Boston and other similarly fast-growing cities around the country to propose a truly bold measure.