Multi-Family Zoning Requirements for MBTA Communities

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At Special Town Meeting, Shrewsbury debates and adopts MBTA zoning law

Housing measure passes by wide margin.
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Special Town Meeting passes Article 8 to adopt MBTA Communities zoning - Hopkinton Independent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ--iBxjIio&ab_channel=HCAM After nearly 90 minutes of debate, Special Town Meeting members Monday night approved
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Foxboro residents decide to comply with MBTA zoning law

FOXBORO -- Residents have backed a zoning change to comply with the MBTA Communities Act.
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Thumbs down on MBTA law - Duxbury Clipper

At the special Town Meeting on Monday night, a large, rowdy crowd of Duxbury residents loudly and resoundingly rejected new zoning that would comply with the state’s MBTA Communities law. They voted 793 to 81 not to adopt a proposed MBTA Communities zoning overlay bylaw and map. The rejection...
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This doesn't surprise me at all. Duxbury is filled with NIMBYs.
 
Until there's enforcement, compliance is effectively optional. I think the Milton lawsuit(s) are still in flight, with the last hearing in October. According to the link below, the court could rule by ~Feb whether Campbell has enforcement power as AG. Depending on how the court rules it could cause a lot of these municipalities to change their tune. More than anything these towns are putting their marker down in case there's a path for noncompliance.

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State's highest court hears arguments on forcing Milton to comply with MBTA housing law

The case before the Supreme Judicial Court looks at the legal obligations towns have and the enforcement actions the state has at its disposal under the MBTA Communities Act, stemming from the attorney general's push to force Milton to comply with the zoning law.
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Gloucester residents petition forces city-wide ballot on MBTA Communities zoning plan

Gloucester has become the third town where voters will reconsider a previously approved zoning proposal allowing more housing development, risking the loss of state funding or even legal action.
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In early October, the Gloucester City Council approved the zoning plan to comply with the 2021 MBTA Communities Act. However, in recent weeks, a group of residents gathered enough signatures to require the council to reconsider.
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Framingham City Council creates new plan to address state's multifamily zoning law​

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“FRAMINGHAM — The City Council has sent its plan to comply with the MBTA Communities Act to the Planning Board for a public hearing after a lengthy council meeting on Monday.”

“Framingham's current plan is based off a Nov. 14 proposal, which had seven overlay districts throughout the city, most of them near the city's downtown Commuter Rail station. Councilors added a few tweaks to that plan, with the idea that final density and other parameters will be ironed out in December.”

“The new plan was devised after more than two hours of discussion about whether the city should even comply with the law by the Dec. 31 deadline, as well as options on how the city can possibly achieve so-called "paper compliance" — placing zones where new housing may never get built. Councilors also discussed how the city could earn "credit" for apartment complexes already built over the past few years.”

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Housing. Crisis.
 
Affordable. Housing. Crisis.

There isn't a housing shortage. There's an affordable housing shortage. The idea that we're going to build our way out of this problem by zoning little districts of Roslindales next to cow pastures in places like Sudbury is misguided and unrealistic. This is a global problem which was created and is being perpetuated by the policies of national governments and central banks (especially our own) , and it can only be solved at this level. To believe the MBTA Communities Act will do anything to alleviate this is naive. It will merely further enrich developers, landlords and others connected to the real estate industry at the expense of citizens and municipal governments who will be left to deal with the externalities.
 
Beantropolis said:
Affordable. Housing. Crisis.

There isn't a housing shortage. There's an affordable housing shortage. The idea that we're going to build our way out of this problem by zoning little districts of Roslindales next to cow pastures in places like Sudbury is misguided and unrealistic. This is a global problem which was created and is being perpetuated by the policies of national governments and central banks (especially our own) , and it can only be solved at this level. To believe the MBTA Communities Act will do anything to alleviate this is naive. It will merely further enrich developers, landlords and others connected to the real estate industry at the expense of citizens and municipal governments who will be left to deal with the externalities.
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