Piggy-backing on a late-night deal to inject hundreds of millions of dollars into a state economy struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic, the state legislature passed two long-discussed zoning reforms aimed at easing housing development in the state’s suburbs.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh repeated his support for certain eviction protections and called on the commercial real estate industry to find a “balance between profit and [social] impact” in a speech before the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Tuesday.
A new, multimillion-dollar initiative from three major city hospitals that sees affordable housing and eviction as public health issues has the potential to radically change Massachusetts’ housing conversation for the better. The commercial housing industry should get involved to make sure it has a seat at the table.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh returned to Beacon Hill on Tuesday to testify before one of his former committees on a bill that would direct the state to provide low-income tenants who are facing eviction with a court-appointed attorney for the eviction proceedings.
Major Boston landlords would no longer be allowed to kick out tenants to renovate housing units and would need to notify the city about pending evictions under one of five legislative proposals backed by Boston Mayor Marty Walsh.
