Newton Congressman Endorses Starter Homes Ballot Question
The campaign to legalize starter home lots across Massachusetts picked up its highest-profile supporter yet on Wednesday: Congressman Jake Auchincloss.
New Report Urges Mass. to Think Small in Solving Housing Crisis
A new report finds that the state is specifically lagging in building the type of houses particularly suited to young families and elder residents: small ones.
Research: Starter Homes Ballot Question Would Unlock Hundreds of Houses Per Year
New research from Tufts University found that a proposed ballot question would have “a real but limited impact” on Massachusetts’ housing problems.
Starter Home Question Could Catalyze Construction
Two recent zoning reforms may not fix the housing shortage in Massachusetts. But a potential game-changer is on the horizon in the form of an initiative petition.
Lawmakers Flash Skepticism of Starter Home Ballot Question
The state’s main municipal trade association also used Monday’s Beacon Hill hearing to declare it’s opposed the potential ballot question to boost housing production.
Survey Finds Broad Support for Starter Home Ballot Question
A statewide ballot question designed to spur construction of more affordable single-family starter homes enjoys overwhelming support, a new survey says.
Why Won’t Candidates for Governor Bring Back the Starter Home?
Many Massachusetts pols have embraced the YIMBY Gospel. But why won’t Gov. Maura Healey or her Republican challengers get behind the biggest effort to unlock starter homes?
Legalizing Starter Homes Is Not Radical. It’s Overdue
A question likely headed for the ballot this fall will speak volumes about who our housing system is designed to accommodate – and who it leaves behind.
Voters Face a Choice: Build Our Future, or Blow It Up?
Voters are boiling over with frustration as costs escalate in almost every segment of their lives. Will they go for rent control, or new construction as the solution to housing costs?
Housing Researcher Seeks Statewide Vote on Starter Homes
A leading housing researcher is preparing to launch a ballot initiative on statewide legislation designed to expand so-called starter home production across Massachusetts.
