October 2025 On behalf of the twelve thousand members of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board (GBREB), the organization would like to express its support for the PLAN: Downtown Draft Downtown zoning amendments before this Commission. These amendments take vital steps to strengthen protections for Downtown’s historic and cultural assets, streamline pathways for adaptive reuse,…
Read MoreThe City of Boston and the Army Corps of Engineers released the Boston Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study, a $10B plan to protect the city from flooding risk and rising seas. The study evaluates 47 miles of coastline and proposes over 20 specific infrastructure projects, including levees, flood walls and storm surge barriers. Councilors…
Read MoreGBREB is a member of the MA Coalition for Sustainable Energy (MCSE), an organization of nearly two dozen of the Commonwealth’s largest business, employer, housing, labor, Chambers of Commerce, and trade associations. MCSE studied the impact of the Senate Energy bill (S.3166), revealing its sweeping and costly provisions that end consumers’ right to choose natural…
Read MoreBoston Indicators (which analyzes key indicators of well-being and researches “promising ideas for making our region more prosperous, equitable and just”) released “Delayed by Design,” a study of how local permitting delays, particularly from discretionary review and procedural hurdles, stymie housing development, even when a project is technically permissible under local zoning. The study includes…
Read MoreGovernor Maura Healey announced almost $300 in state and federal housing tax credits as part of the 2024 Affordable Homes Act’s goal of 220,000 new housing units in the Commonwealth by 2033. These awards (in 20 MA communities) include state subsidy financing, federal low-income housing tax credits, and state/federal tax credits. More information, including a…
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Notes from the MAR Legal Hotline: September 2026 By: The Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® Legal Team Q: I have a client who is preparing to rent out an ADU located within their owner-occupied home. It is a small, one-bedroom unit intended for one occupant. The landlord has expressed a preference to rent the unit to…
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Read MoreRE: 301 CMR 11.00: MEPA Regulations Dear Director Kim, On behalf of the twelve thousand members of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board (GBREB) and twenty-two thousand members of the Massachusetts Association of REALTORS®, we express our general support for above-numbered regulatory amendments to streamline Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) review of qualifying housing and…
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