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Abundant Housing Massachusetts
Coverage of Abundant Housing Massachusetts in the Nexus archive.
- In the face of state housing shortage, could single-family zoning be on the chopping block?
The Massachusetts Senate proposes requiring municipalities to allow duplexes as-of-right in residentially zoned areas to address housing shortages. The measure aims to increase affordable housing supply, with advocates pushing for broader zoning reforms to permit up to five-unit developments where utilities support it.