Mass. AG: Why I filed a lawsuit to enforce housing law — and why it’s personal for me - The Boston Globe Enforcing the law is a necessary step to ensure every transit-served town does its part to allow more housing.

@massago.bsky.social - #Fire as my 13 yo would say. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/29/o... #YIMBY #MAPoli #BuildMABuild

What if local control can actually help build housing? Some places want to build. Maybe we should just let them.

substack.com/@noahpinion/... - Very interesting thought experiment but I disagree. I propose instead to take issues of congestion more seriously. If we can maintain mobility as we density cities maybe backlash won’t be so bad? #CongestionPricing #BuildMABuild #MAYIMBY #MAPoli

@bostonglobe.com spot on again. I explain the idea of the costs of inclusionary zoning in my class every semester and I can never get it out this clearly. Let’s have a mayoral debate about housing! (And possibly the commercial vacancy rate). #BuildMABuild

Amazing work to create a valuable new resource for housing scholars by @johninfranca.bsky.social and large team of researchers! 🙏 Also highlights the importance of #MBTACommunities which is focused on legalizing multi-family development in more of the state. #BuildMABuild #MAPoli

From barn to home: MetroWest couple creates and ADU for returning kids - The Boston Globe With a smart layout, high ceilings, and storage built into the walls, the unit lives larger than its 900 square feet.

Stunning #ADU in #MetroWest - glad to learn about what some are building under this new policy. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/17/m... I wonder what the local reception has been of these new units? #MassPoli #BuildMABuild www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/17/m...

We need to take this seriously in Boston when considering how costly Wu’s move
to up #IDP requirements from 13% to 20% has been for #Boston. In a time when new construction is at record lows and prices are record highs every lost unit is a huge cost. #BosPoli #MAPoli #BuildMABuild

#Boston mayoral primary should be focused on this - how do we get more housing built here? Thank you @andrewbrinker.bsky.social for your continued detailed coverage. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/30/b... Bringing #IDP back down to 13% feels like a reasonable first step. #BuildMABuild

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/16/b... Great #DataViz from @andrewbrinker.bsky.social @bostonglobe.com. Clarification - in my quote on the type of housing we allow I was referencing #MBTACommunities and the importance of legalizing multi-family in ALL communities. #BuildMABuild #MAYIMBY #MAPoli

Thank you @mattyglesias.bsky.social - I’ve had this conversation a million times but have not been able to express this point so clearly. #MAYIMBY #BuildMABuild #MAPoli

There Is a Liberal Answer to Elon Musk Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 03/09/2025 · 17m

💯If we want to protect democracy we have to show that it works. If we in #Massachusetts want a say in our national politics we have to make space for people here AKA #BuildMABuild #MAYIMBY Thank you @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social - so clearly phrased.
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Jonathan Berk 🏠 (@berkie1.bsky.social) Supporting a new generation of walkable neighborhoods with housing abundance, active public realms, & thriving small business ecosystems. Founder remainplaces.com

Maybe it’s our job as citizens of #MA to better explain why we need to be in this fight together? #BuildMABuild @berkie1.bsky.social you’re doing an amazing job! Highlighting amazing #MBTAComm projects? Ex/Residents of Y can now walk to daycare and get coffee at a cute new shop? #MAPoli #MAYIMBY

Yes @leungboston.bsky.social! But again I suggest a different headline - Needham should vote yes on this common sense law! If you have a friend in Needham give them a hug and ask them to vote yes for a vibrant future in #MA. #BuildMABuild #MAYIMBY #MAPoli www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/13/b...

More evidence of worsening housing crisis - not sure if we can see these numbers by state @airbrycki.bsky.social? #BuildMABuild #MAYIMBY #MaPoli

For 20 years, a Mission Hill housing development has sat in limbo. Now developers face fresh opposition. - The Boston Globe Several neighbors who spoke with the Globe, those who filed letters against the project, as well as city leaders say trust has eroded among residents who see the development as another sign of a quick...

Nice reporting from @esmyjimenez.bsky.social @bostonglobe.com But seems like classic #NIMBY to me? www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/28/m... My read is a lack of any concrete concerns = red flag. Maybe demand ground floor retail & an affordable childcare center? #MAYIMBY #BuildMABuild #MAPoli #BosPoli

Some more empirical evidence for supply skeptics from construction within OECD countries via ~ @mtabarrok.bsky.social #MAYIMBY #MaPoli #BuildMABuild

#BuildMABuild #MAYIMBY #MaPoli #BosPoli My prior is that this is even worse in MA…

This is a great piece about #ADUs in CA - with some stunning photos. I want to see some pics of ADUs here in MA! @andrewbrinker.bsky.social Interested? Anyone know if there are some #MAbuilders here on BlueSky I can follow? #MAYIMBY #BuildMABuild

I’ve read so much about how these programs are cost prohibitive. Glad that someone has figured out how to make this happen. #OfficeConversions #BuildMABuild #MaPoli

I love this idea. Am I right they are suggesting re-opening an existing trainline? Does this mean state already has all the land? #NorthernTier #MaPoli #BuildMABuild

Thank you Boston City Councilors @clrhenrysantana.bsky.social @enriquepepen.bsky.social and #SharonDurkin for organizing this awesome learning opportunity and for @andrewbrinker.bsky.social for great coverage. The good news I needed this morning #MAYIMBY #MAPoli #BuildMABuild

Took @mattyglesias.bsky.social advice this morning and did my #MAYIMBY homework. Time for #Boston to stop thinking small. #BuildMABuild #MAPoli - Who is writing our ambitious vision? @mayorwu.boston.gov

Love starting my day with good news from real life #MAYIMBYs via @andrewbrinker.bsky.social - If you have a friend in Lexington thank them for me! #MAPoli #BuildMABuild #MBTACommunities

I would suggest a much stronger reform to #CPA - Towns don’t get any money unless they comply with a required minimum number of new housing units. We need to end the practice of state money being used to block new housing. #MAPoli #MAYIMBY #BuildMABuild

Really nice story and result of serious effort by @mayorwu.boston.gov and her team. Would love to see some numbers attached - maybe showing how permitting time is being reduced or how many additional permits are now being submitted or approved? #BuildMABuild #MAYIMBY

‘You don’t know what you have till it’s gone’: Here’s what people miss most after leaving Massachusetts - The Boston Globe From top-rated health care to walkable neighborhoods to cultural hotspots, people who have departed Greater Boston in the last few years say there's a lot they feel they left behind.

Are there any social surveys that ask this question? #GeneralSocialSurvey? Q1: What do you miss most about place you moved from? Q2: What would it take to bring you back? A: I bet affordable housing would bring lots more people back. #BuildMABuild #MAYIMBY
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I shouldn’t be surprised but I am. Here in MA towns use Community Preservation Act money to block new housing?!? Let’s immediately re-allocate those funds to support communities that are figuring out how to grow. #BuildMABuild #MAYIMBY

Research Question 1 on my #MAYIMBY Agenda: How much has #Massachusetts been building relative to other similar states? (3 smaller and 3 larger by 2000 population). Answer - Not much. Since 2001 we have consistently permitted less building than any of these other similarly sized states. #BuildMABuild

Ambitious zoning reforms coming from #Cambridge! Thank you @burhanazeem.bsky.social and good luck! #BuildMABuild #MAYIMBY

Congrats to our first 100 #MBTACommunities #MAYIMBY #BuildMaBuild

I’d still love to see the full starter pack - if anyone has it handy? 🙏 #MAPoli #BuildMABuild