Winthrop Tries To Stop Development By Rejecting Housing Plan, Accidentally Triggers MORE Development Winthrop, MA has announced a bold new economic strategy:

Winthrop, MA has announced a bold new economic strategy: Sabotage the town to own the state.

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MBTA zoning ‘unfunded mandate’ ruling sparks fierce debate in Marblehead - Marblehead Current The Marblehead Select Board heard passionate arguments from residents both for and against seeking an exemption from the state's MBTA Communities Act during a standing-room-only meeting at Marblehead ...

'Fierce debate' for nearly three hours and from 40 speakers. #MBTACommunitiesAct #Marblehead

A Mandate for Boston’s Suburbs: Make Room for More Apartments The state required 177 cities and towns served by public transit to loosen their zoning rules so that more multifamily housing can be built. A number of them resisted.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/u... Thanks @massago.bsky.social #mapoli for #MBTACommunitiesAct so our towns can thrive “rezoning will help young adults who grew up there to stay and raise their own children.”

An MBTA Communities reality check Days after the SJC ruled on the MBTA Communities Act, proponents consider the way the housing law was pitched and debated. Greg Reibman, president of the Charles River Regional Chamber, and Luc Schust...

A week after SJC upheld #MBTACommunitiesAct, important @CWBeacon column highlights reality that "both sides of the debate have been overstating the promise of #MBTA Communities for a while." Critical for state, communities to do more on #affordablehousing

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Bottom line: #Framingham and other communities will have more time to comply with the MBTA Communities Act.

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Proud to have been among the 213 members of Belmont Town Meeting to vote for zoning to facilitate multifamily housing. I wanted a different map that would have facilitated even more housing but this is a huge success story for Belmont and MA housing. #MBTAcommunitiesact

Another reason we need more homes near transit instead of out in a sprawling suburb. #MBTACommunitiesAct