State Land for Homes Is No Silver Bullet
Massachusetts’ program can help show localities what’s possible, but stronger carrots and sticks are needed to get the real prize: developing municipally-owned parcels.
Massachusetts’ program can help show localities what’s possible, but stronger carrots and sticks are needed to get the real prize: developing municipally-owned parcels.
The Sept. 10 auction is an early test of Gov. Maura Healey’s new program to accelerate disposition of underutilized state land for housing production.
The MBTA Communities law is just the starting point. That’s the message in the Healey administration’s comprehensive housing plan, which concludes Massachusetts communities need to further expand multifamily zoning to achieve a state of “housing abundance.”