In the wake of a lawsuit filed last month by Attorney General Andrea Campbell, some leaders of the holdout towns are starting to openly acknowledge that this may be the end of the road for resistance to the law.
Winthrop isn’t alone in edging towards joining Milton and Holdon. Medway recently sent a letter to several state government officials opposing the content of the law itself.
When it comes to fighting back against a new state law aimed at getting communities to welcome more housing, Winthrop could be the next Milton.
State field teams will fan out across five communities that have recorded persistent dangerously-high transmission rates for COVID-19 as the state seeks to stamp out the disease.
Nearly one out of every four families with children in 13 Greater Boston communities pay more than half their income for housing, while nearly 1 in 10 live in overcrowded conditions with more than two people per bedroom, a new report says.
Fifteen metropolitan Boston area communities are coalescing around plans to build even more new housing than Gov. Charlie Baker proposed in his statewide bill.
A two-building apartment complex in Winthrop has been acquired for $5.2 million.
The Baker administration will distribute a $2.38 million MassWorks infrastructure program grant to the town of Winthrop to redevelop the Centre Business District. Funding will be used for significant public infrastructure improvements, including water, sewer, roadway, sidewalk and streetscape improvements.
