Andrew Brinker
Housing Reporter at The Boston Globe
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1 week ago |
bostonglobe.com | Andrew Brinker
Milton Town Meeting Tuesday night overwhelmingly voted in support of a plan to comply with the MBTA Communities Act, perhaps putting an end to a years-long saga that has included multiple zoning plans, a heated referendum, and shakeups of the town’s elected boards. The plan makes room for multifamily housing in several key stretches of town, as mandated by MBTA Communities, which requires cities and towns served by the T make it easier to build apartments and condominiums.
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1 week ago |
bostonglobe.com | Andrew Brinker
Perhaps no statistic defines that shift more than this: The price of the typical home in Massachusetts is now six times the average annual household income. In Greater Boston, that number is closer to seven. In other words, housing costs in Massachusetts have grown much faster than incomes, creating a financial gap that, to many, can feel insurmountable.
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2 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Andrew Brinker
“We’ve reached a critical mass in Brockton,” said City Councilor Winthrop Farwell. “Our city is at the center of what is really a societal crisis, and there is no good answer for how we’re supposed to go about handling it.”There are many causes of homelessness. But local leaders point to one in particular to explain the recent surge: the soaring cost of housing. People gathered underneath the commuter rail tracks in Brockton on May 22.David L.
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3 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Andrew Brinker
A Superior Court judge Friday dismissed a group of lawsuits from nine Eastern Massachusetts communities over a controversial state housing law that mandates cities and towns with access to the MBTA make it easier to build multifamily housing.
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4 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Andrew Brinker
The past two years have seen a slowdown in housing production in Greater Boston, as the number of new homes permitted has plummeted due to economic constraints. Now, it may be getting worse. In its quarterly report issued this month, the real estate firm Colliers said the share of housing inventory under construction in the region fell to a 10-year low in the first quarter of 2025. That means very little housing is being built, in comparison to the typical pace over the last decade.
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RT @landpolicy: Big news coming out of our hometown this week: the @CambMA City Council voted to allow four-story apartment buildings acros…
For those following MBTA Communities state housing law: In new emergency regs filed today after SJC ruling last week, the state offers an olive branch to Milton and other noncompliant towns, extending their deadline to pass zoning to July 14. For now, Milton has another chance.
