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2. Massachusetts Comprehensive Permit Act: Chapter 40B

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   Under Chapter 40B, in any municipality where none of the three statutory minima identified by the State are met for the amount of affordable housing that exists in the community, a developer can build more densely than the municipal zoning bylaws would permit, allowing more units per acre of land when building a new development, if at least 25% (or 20% in certain cases [4]) of the new units ...

3. 'These are your neighbors': 120-unit 'workforce housing ... - AOL

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   Projects involving Chapter 40B are sanctioned and administered under the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities, an agency that strives to make housing more affordable across ...

4. 2010 Massachusetts Question 2 - Wikipedia

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   Affordable Housing Now-Yes on 2 is the main campaign for the measure. Bigger Not Better; Arguments. Massachusetts has become the 3rd most expensive state in the country! Chapter 40B, has been in place for more than 40 years and is directly responsible for our lack of affordability. Opposition Opponents

5. Inclusionary zoning - Wikipedia

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   All municipalities in the state of Massachusetts are subject to that state's General Laws Chapter 40B, which allows developers to bypass certain municipal zoning restrictions in those municipalities which have fewer than the statutorily defined 10% affordable housing units. Developers taking advantage of Chapter 40B must construct 20% ...

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

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   These incentives, like Chapter 40B, continue to be successful. But again, it’s not enough. The latest response from the Commonwealth to the growing housing crisis is MBTA Zoning.

7. Manchester Developer walks away from 'friendly 40B ... - AOL

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   Apr. 8—MANCHESTER — The "friendly 40B" affordable housing project helmed by Strategic Land Ventures is no longer "friendly." At a meeting Tuesday evening with selectmen, Strategic Land Venture ...

8. Affordable housing project pitched to Westminster as a ... - AOL

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   Residents can submit their comments to Caroline Albert, the administrator assistant, at calbert@westminster-ma.gov or mail them directly to Catherine Racer at Undersecretary Div. of Housing ...

9. Talk : Massachusetts Comprehensive Permit Act: Chapter 40B

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   Wrentham, No. 05-4 slip op. at 2 (Mass. Housing Appeals Committee Jul. 13, 2005). Although “snob zoning” was frequently discussed when the law was enacted in 1969, today, because of greater acceptance of affordable housing in most Massachusetts communities, the term “anti-snob zoning act” is outdated and not widely used.