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A cat dad just trying his best | @BostonGlobe Housing Reporter | Send tips, cat pics to [email protected]
Boston, MA
Joined July 2013
Are you a Greater Boston renter who is worried you may never be able to buy a home in this region? Get in touch for a story I'm working on about the changing economics of homebuying, and who can really afford to buy around here.
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The Globe is looking to speak with renters in Greater Boston about their experience searching for a home.
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Hi Greater Boston folks. For a Globe story about the state of the housing market: Have you been looking to buy a house but are holding out for lower interest rates? Searched for a place to buy but can't find anything in your price range? Drop a line at andrew.brinker@globe.com.
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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….
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Cambridge will now allow buildings up to six stories to be built in neighborhoods across the city, a plan designed to help put a dent in the region's housing crisis.
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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.
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RT @GlobeOstriker: Milton's Select Board has hit the brakes on plans to put 35 affordable apartments on four acres left centuries ago ‘for….
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Come ask your Greater Boston housing questions on Reddit starting at noon!.
Have a question about Greater Boston’s ongoing housing crisis? Join us on @Reddit at noon!. Globe reporter @andrewnbrinker will be answering questions on a wide range of topics.
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RT @bytimlogan: Lexington was one of the first towns in Eastern Mass. to pass its MBTA Communities zoning plan. Now it has more than 1,000….
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The suburb is perhaps an early sign that, at least in some communities, the law to make it easier to build apartments and condos is working as intended.
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RT @MattPStout: State lawmakers this week sent @MassGovernor legislation that would shield a Boston non-profit battling accusations of pred….
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A measure in the state's nearly $4 billion economic development bill stands to benefit BlueHub Capital, which specializes in helping distressed homeowners but, some claim, also deceived them.
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RT @bytimlogan: He fled gang violence in Ecuador. Now he's homeless in Massachusetts. 20,000 migrants have arrived to one of the nation's….
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In a collision of two huge challenges facing Massachusetts, newly arrived migrants are struggling to find scarce housing.
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RT @bytimlogan: Mass. lawmakers didn't do much last night. But they DID pass a $5.2B housing bill that legalizes ADUs in every community in….
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The bill, the Legislature’s first major housing bill in three years, marks a victory for some advocates, particularly zoning reform proponents and affordable housing supporters. But it left others...
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RT @bytimlogan: For all the yelling about zoning plans, the biggest thing holding back housing construction in Greater Boston right now is….
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The construction pause is a testament to how high interest rates and materials costs are preventing developers from building much-needed projects.
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RT @samanthajgross: NEW: The Massachusetts Senate effectively quashed a plan to allow cities and towns to impose a fee on the sales of high….
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The Senate's version dashes the hopes of housing advocates and pleases the powerful real estate industry that had lobbied hard against the idea.
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RT @bytimlogan: A tax on high-dollar home sales had a clear path on Beacon Hill. Then the real estate industry stepped in. Good one here by….
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After House leaders signaled support for a new fee on pricey real estate, the influential industry kicked into gear to change their minds.
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RT @bytimlogan: There's been a lot of drama. But so far anyway, most towns that have voted on MBTA Communities plans have voted to approve….
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At least 67 communities have approved zoning they think will meet the law’s requirements, and roughly 50 of those votes have come in the last couple of months. Still, the opposition movement is...
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RT @ditikohli_: In 2014, Mass. lawmakers tried to expand who gets to serve alcohol in Boston — and where. But a decade later, the liquor li….
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For those following MBTA Communities, we have a new map tracking which cities and towns have voted on zoning compliance. We'll be updating it daily starting this week as votes continue to roll in. So far, around 50 towns have passed new zoning.
bostonglobe.com
More than 130 communities are working to pass new zoning rules that will make it easier to build multifamily housing, and dozens of local votes are coming this year.
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RT @charliemckenna9: Some personal news, as they say:. Today was my first day as a breaking news reporter @masslivenews! I’m so excited to….
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RT @bytimlogan: “It’s an invasion.” In towns across Eastern Mass., resistance is mounting against state housing law after Milton vote, writ….
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The state’s new housing law challenges Massachusetts’ long, proud history of letting towns control their own zoning, and resistance is growing fast.
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RT @bytimlogan: It's the Commonwealth of Massachusetts vs. the Town of Milton in what's shaping up as a key test of the state's ambitious n….
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Amid mounting resistance to the state’s push to compel cities and towns to build more housing, Attorney General Andrea Campbell on Tuesday sued the Town of Milton for failing to comply with a...
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RT @BostonGlobe: Facing an insurgent opposition to the state’s new housing law, Governor Maura Healey’s administration came down Wednesday….
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The administration is trying to head off broader momentum sparked by the town’s recent rejection of a controversial housing plan.
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