Despite vociferous opposition to the idea from trade groups, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu told a Beacon Hill committee Wednesday that many in the real estate community actually support her proposed transfer tax on property sales over $2 million.
Real estate groups say they will appeal Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s certification of a rent control ballot question.
Massachusetts residents could have a chance to repeal the state’s 30-year ban on municipal-level rent control measures, following Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s decision to allow a referendum on the topic onto the state’s 2024 ballot.
A few key reforms can help overcome the real obstacle to growing the number of housing units the CPA creates: the lack of local political will to seed new housing that CPA funds can be spent on.
State housing officials announced Thursday afternoon that they will let Boston-area towns and cities add a potentially controversial requirement for mixed-use buildings to zoning changes designed to comply with the MBTA Communities transit-oriented zoning law.
A pandemic-era program that paused roughly 10,000 eviction cases while tenants sought financial aid could return as a permanent tool if Gov. Maura Healey joins lawmakers in support.
The legislature’s Joint Committee on Housing is in no rush to consider Boston’s plan, which aims to tackle a housing affordability crisis that is afflicting cities and towns throughout the state.
New taxes on real estate sales were a hot topic on Beacon Hill last week, but unfortunately, both sides have it wrong, to one degree or another.
After years of unsuccessful attempts to give cities and towns the option to tax home sales to support local affordable housing, advocates this session are putting forward a new version of the bill with more flexibility for municipalities to choose a plan that works for their community.
While Beacon Hill searches for solutions to the serious housing shortage that fuels affordability concerns in Massachusetts, a real estate industry organization wants to see the Community Preservation Act program retrofitted to put a greater emphasis on housing production.
With a champion for eviction record sealing now chairing the Joint Committee on Housing, tenants rights advocates are feeling a renewed hope for passage of the “HOMES Act” this session.
While the reason for high housing costs – a lack of supply – is broadly understood, the scale at which we’ve failed to meet production needs is stunning when compared to the rest of the country.
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The oldest real estate trade organization in Boston has mobilized against Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s proposal to cap the rate of rent increases in the city.
Gov. Maura Healey understands the serious, long-term threats the housing crisis poses to Massachusetts. But as she looks to go even further than her current pledges, there are three policy ideas that will make the crisis worse, and which she should avoid.
Margaret Carlson broke barriers throughout her life: a career-minded woman who started her own business in the 1950s, and the first woman to sit on Boston’s powerful “Vault” committee in 1977.
Boston took a major step Wednesday toward seeking state permission for a fossil fuel ban in the local building sector when a home rule petition won City Council approval, but it’s possible the request is just headed for bureaucratic limbo.
Michelle Wu became the third Boston mayor in a row to to hear leaders of real estate industry trade groups blast the idea of a real estate sales tax before a panel of state legislators.
A referendum in Maine spells big trouble for both office building owners and developers in Boston as they scramble to meet the city’s tough, new carbon emissions rules.
Real estate industry leaders and landlords lined up in opposition to a bill on Beacon Hill that would revive the state eviction moratorium, arguing that the hundreds of millions of dollars that remain available in rental aid prevent any need for the temporary ban.
