Boston Indicators’ Study Explores Impact of Housing Permitting Delays

Boston 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…

RE: 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…