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AFFORDABLE HOUSING CHANGE GIVES TOWNS MORE SAY INCENTIVE RECOGNIZES STEADY PROGRESS
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The most significant change in the state's 33-year-old affordable
housing law will give suburbs a greater role in deciding how and when
affordable housing developments are built, lawmakers and housing
specialists said.
Under the new plan, passed by the Legislature on Wednesday,
communities that voluntarily increase their affordable housing stock
by 0.5 percent per year will receive a one-year exemption from "fast
tracked" Chapter 40-B developments. Under that law, projects
reserving 25...
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Board eyes affordable housing plan; Selectman calls plan best defense against Chapter 40B projects
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Proposed Regulations Would Set Limits on Affordable Housing in Rhode Island.
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; ... Journal, R.I. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 8--The new housing plan that Cumberland ... Smith Street in Providence. Despite the good news for towns, the new regulations will not empower ... Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News.
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Affordable housing debate: Does Chapter 40B need fix?
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
; State House News Service BOSTON - Fifty-five bills that would change the state's chief affordable ... of the reach of growing numbers of people. Several mentioned the recent news that Massachusetts, for the second straight year, has seen its population ...
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING: THE DEBATE GOES ON SOME STILL WANT TO WEAKEN 1969 LAW, DESPITE STATE'S LOW HOME- OWNERSHIP RATE
The Boston Globe
; PROPONENTS SAY THAT CHAPTER 40B - THE BAY STATE'S 1969 AFFORDABLE HOUSING LAW - WILL CONTINUE TO BE NECESSARY AS LONG AS THE SUBURBS CONTINUE TO EXCLUDE THE NEEDY. Construction is underway on the first phase of a 46-unit town house development in Ipswich. The project was approved without
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EDITORIAL: Carrot or stick?: Palmetto affordable housing law up in air.(Editorial)
Bradenton Herald (Bradenton, FL)
; ... affordable housing in Palmetto. Copyright (c) 2006, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News. For information on republishing this content, contact us at (800) 661-2511 (U.S.), (213) 237-4914 (worldwide), fax (213) 237-65 ...
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