American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts (ACEC/MA)’s Post

Excited for ACEC/MA Housing Conference tomorrow, 10/24, and looking forward to hearing a great group of housing experts including EOHLC Secretary Ed Augustus. Governor Maura Healey unveiled her proposal for a #Housing Bond Bill: https://lnkd.in/etZau5Tv If you are interested in learning more about some of the issues, here are links to some recent Boston Globe articles (behind Globe paywall): October 18, 2023: Boston Globe: Beyond the Gilded Gate Greater Boston has a housing crisis, but doesn’t act like it. In towns like Milton, soaring home prices are a barrier to a new generation of buyers and a clear threat to future prosperity. It is a fact of life here, but it doesn’t have to be. https://lnkd.in/eQdHJw5A   October 4, 2023: Boston Globe: A developer proposed nearly 500 apartments on South Shore Plaza. Then residents killed it. A plan for what would have been Braintree’s largest apartment project ran into a buzz saw of neighborhood opposition https://lnkd.in/ect4-6MA   October 10, 2023: Boston Globe: Why is the state still letting places like Braintree kill the housing we desperately need? Local control is a choice, not a law of nature, and the demise of a 500-unit plan near South Shore Plaza is yet more evidence that it’s thwarting the Commonwealth’s urgent need for more housing. https://lnkd.in/eqBwJjbd

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