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2. Massachusetts Comprehensive Permit Act: Chapter 40B

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   The goal of the Affordable Housing Law (Chapter 40B) is to make at least 10% of every Massachusetts's community's housing stock affordable for moderate income households. As of June 30, 2011, 39 communities had met that goal. Details are available on the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) Subsidized Housing Inventory.

3. Master planner writes that MBTA Zoning Law creates positive ...

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   For anyone who is a newcomer to housing issues, reading the press about so called “MBTA Zoning” in Massachusetts might suggest the state’s extreme need for affordable housing is a recent issue.

4. Marshfield could write letter to state DEP over 40B ... - AOL

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   The state’s Chapter 40B affordable housing law allows developers to circumvent certain local regulations if less than 10% of the town’s housing stock is affordable and the project includes ...

5. Proposed affordable housing project heads to Marshfield's ...

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   A group of citizens have put a proposed 40B development on Marshfield's special town meeting warrant over water quality concerns. Proposed affordable housing project heads to Marshfield's special ...

6. Inclusionary zoning - Wikipedia

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   Inclusionary zoning (IZ) is municipal and county planning ordinances that require or provide incentives when a given percentage of units in a new housing development be affordable by people with low to moderate incomes. Such housing is known as inclusionary housing. The term inclusionary zoning indicates that these ordinances seek to counter ...

7. Builder's remedy - Wikipedia

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   Builder's remedy. The builder's remedy is a legal mechanism in the United States that can be used in certain states to expedite the construction of low or middle income housing when a municipality fails to comply with laws related to housing development. Typically, where a municipality fails to comply with state laws regarding the development ...

8. Marshfield voters reject MBTA zoning plan. Might the state ...

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   Some residents who spoke out against the proposal conflated the MBTA Communities Act with Chapter 40B, another state law that allows developers to bypass some local laws if a town’s affordable ...

9. Golden Triangle (Massachusetts) - Wikipedia

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   An additional set of Chapter 40B compliant condominiums opened on Chrysler Ave. adjacent to Home Depot, beginning in 2008, expanding the amount of housing along the east side of the Triangle. To offset costs of the new development, the developer Avalon Development paid the town US$2 million in offset money to allay concerns that the facility ...