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Mass. emergency shelter costs put state budget at ‘breaking point'
Massachusetts House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Aaron Michlewitz says it’s been difficult to develop this year’s spending plan because he’s not exactly sure what’s led to state tax collections running $186 million behind last year and $275 million behind the year-end estimate that has already been slashed by $1 billion
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Amid migrant crisis, Massachusetts debates how best to keep families housed
The Massachusetts Senate has approved limits on how long homeless families can stay in emergency state shelters as part of an $850 million plan to fund the system that has been at the center of the migrant crisis. The bill approved late Thursday would limit maximum stays to nine months, with the possibility of 90 more days for veterans, pregnant...
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Mass. Senate votes to pass supplemental budget
There may be hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of new resources headed to migrant families. Late Thursday night, the Massachusetts Senate agreed to that deal but the debate isn’t over yet.
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State's highest court to hear Milton housing lawsuit later this year
The housing lawsuit waged against the Town of Milton by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell is set to be heard by the state’s highest court later this year, the Boston Globe reports. The lawsuit, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court last month, seeks to punish Milton for voting against the MBTA Communities Law, which states that any city or...
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Biden to target ‘rent gouging' landlords, as high housing costs factor into 2024 race
February’s 0.4% rise in consumer prices was driven largely by housing and energy costs.
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Home buyers to be spared automatic broker commissions under new $418 million settlement
The National Association of Realtors has agreed to a landmark settlement that would eliminate real estate brokers’ longstanding automatic commissions, commonly of up to 6% of the purchase price.
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Homebuyers need to earn 80% more than in 2020 to afford a house in this market. It's not just due to high mortgage rates
While mortgage rates remain elevated for potential homebuyers, factors outside borrowing costs are keeping housing unaffordable for many, experts say.
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Mass. cities and towns work together to combat housing crisis
While a lot of work is underway to find homes for newly-arriving migrants, housing has long been an issue in Massachusetts. A collection of towns and cities just north of Boston has banded together to help anyone in need of a place to stay or general help. This initiative has been in the works for over a year, and thanks…
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Municipalities work together to tackle housing crisis
Cities and towns in the Boston area are joining forces to help migrants and other people in need of shelter.
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Milton sued for not complying with MBTA rezoning law
Town leaders in Milton met Tuesday after Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell filed a lawsuit against the community.
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Mass. sues Milton for not complying with MBTA rezoning law
Massachusetts’ attorney general is suing Milton after the town voted not to comply with the state’s new MBTA Communities Law. She called on the state’s top court to bring Milton into compliance.
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Mass. suing Milton for not complying with MBTA rezoning law
Massachusetts Attorney Andrea Campbell announced she is filing a lawsuit against Milton after it voted to reject the MBTA Communities Law.
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Milton sued by Mass. after voting to not comply with MBTA housing law
The Town of Milton is facing continued fallout for its non-compliance with a state housing law for MBTA communities, with Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announcing on Tuesday that her office is suing the Boston suburb. The lawsuit was filed in the Supreme Judicial Court in Suffolk County, and seeks a judge to order the town to come into…
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Lawsuit alleges low-income housing discrimination
A fair housing watchdog group has filed a lawsuit against Boston-area landlords it accuses of discriminating against low-income applicants.
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Boston-area landlords, brokers accused of discriminating against low-income tenants
A lawsuit filed Wednesday is accusing 20 Boston-area landlords and brokers of housing discrimination against low-income tenants using housing vouchers. The suit was brought by the nonprofit Housing Rights Initiative (HRI) and filed by Lawyers for Civil Rights and Handley Farah & Anderson PLLC. It alleges that the landlords and brokers refused to accept government housing vouchers, often referred to…
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How fallout from MBTA rezoning vote is already impacting Milton
Massachusetts has rescinded funding to improve a seawall in Milton — “to put the town on notice,” as Housing and Livable Communities Secretary Ed Augustus put it — after the town rejected rezoning required by a new state transportation law.
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Healey administration revokes Milton grant due to MBTA housing law noncompliance
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey’s administration anounced Wednesday morning that they have revoked state grant funding for the town of Milton because it is not in compliance with the state’s MBTA Communities Law. After weeks of campaigning, voters in Milton, Massachusetts, chose last week not to accept a zoning change that would add close to 2,500 housing units through town....
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Milton residents vote against zoning change to comply with MBTA housing law: What happens next?
After weeks of campaigning, voters in Milton, Massachusetts, chose Wednesday not to accept a zoning change that would add close to 2,500 housing units through town. As a result, the town is now out of compliance with the state’s MBTA Communities Law. “I’m very disappointed in the vote,” said Gov. Maura Healey. State officials quickly criticized the decision from...
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What vote to turn down MBTA multi-family housing law could mean for Milton
State funding for Milton could dry up and Massachusetts could sue following Milton’s decision not to re-zone areas near its trolley stops to accommodate more multi-family housing — though the victorious opponents of the measure say they aim to renegotiate.
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Milton voters overturn multi-family housing plan
Residents have voted down a zoning plan that would have opened up Milton to more multi-family housing in compliance with the MBTA Communities Act.