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Showing posts with label housing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label housing. Show all posts
Thursday, January 22, 2026

Boston Globe: "Here are the 12 communities that haven’t passed a new state-approved housing plan yet"

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"Five years after it began, the fight over a controversial state housing law is nearly over. The final compliance deadline for the MBTA...
Monday, December 29, 2025

Boston Globe Editorial: "Getting to yes on housing in Massachusetts"

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"Over the next decade, state housing officials estimate that Massachusetts will need another 222,000 homes. These homes are necessary t...
Monday, December 8, 2025

USA Facts video series - well worth binging !! (video)

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The 6 part series by Steve Ballmer and USAFacts is worth binging. Each episode is between 6 and 10 minutes. What is Poverty? Ep 1 of Just ...

The Guardian: "It's still not OK boomer: younger Americans are flailing – and mad as hell"

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"Almost every couple that I know in their 20s, 30s or even 40s has had the same argument with their parents before getting married. The...
Saturday, December 6, 2025

Banker & Tradesman: Why 2026 Could Be the Turning Point for Housing in Massachusetts

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"After decades of stalled reforms, entrenched local resistance, and a political culture that treated housing scarcity as an unfortunate...

R.I. launches launches first-time homeownership program touting ‘affordable’ mortgage options

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“ RI AnchorHome ” will allow families in search of a primary residence in the Ocean State to obtain 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with a star...
Thursday, November 13, 2025

Boston Globe: "The Boston Foundation’s annual Greater Boston Housing Report Card outlines how the region’s housing crisis may only get worse"

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"The cost of buying a home is growing for everyone Home prices around here have been rising for decades, but the last few years have be...
Wednesday, November 12, 2025

More Senior Housing coming with the Franklin Ridge project

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"Seniors are the fastest-growing group facing homelessness — and that’s wrong. Westminster Senior Residences is a clear example of what...
Sunday, October 12, 2025

Agenda for the Economic Development Subcmte meeting on Weds, Oct 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM

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Economic Development Subcommittee Agenda & Meeting Packet October 15, 2025 = 5:45 PM Agenda: 1. Approval of Minutes a. 2021: March 3, Ju...
Thursday, October 2, 2025

Results of EOHLC Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Survey

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"The Healey-Driscoll Administration has made it easier to build an ADU, just one part of our strategy to solve our housing crisis. And ...
Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Housing recap Via Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities

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one of several slides in the reel   "Why is housing so expensive?   We break it down in 60 seconds and show three things the Healey-Dri...
Saturday, August 23, 2025

Making it easier for MA residents to find housing help

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Making it easier for MA residents to find housing help via The MA Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities   "We’ve redesign...
Thursday, August 14, 2025

What's happening in Franklin, MA: Thursday, August 14, 2025 ??

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Thursday, August 14 Library & Senior Center events 7:00pm Jennifer Tefft (live music) (The Newport Harbor Hotel) 9:00pm Brian Cabral (l...
Friday, August 8, 2025

"One Year After Signing Affordable Homes Act, Nearly 100,000 New Housing Units Under Development to Lower Costs in Massachusetts"

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New Housing Units Under Development to Lower Costs in Massachusetts Today marks one year since Governor Healey signed the Affordable Homes A...
Thursday, August 7, 2025

Annual Report of the Town of Franklin Planning Board - FY 2024

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With the  Biennial Election coming up November 4, 2025 , the nomination papers are available beginning Aug 4, 2025 for candidates to take, o...
Wednesday, July 30, 2025

"In the logic of money, the old can never beat the new." (video)

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"Every minute, a building in Europe is destroyed—not by wind, flood, or fire but by human hands. Real-estate speculators have built a s...
Saturday, July 26, 2025

"There is a shortage because of us" @SenBrianSchatz

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Jonathan Berk ( @berkie1 ) posted: "I cannot think of something so essential to American life [housing]... where the Government has cre...

MHP: "Next Steps for Compliant MBTA Communities"

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MHP: "Next Steps for Compliant MBTA Communities" The majority of MBTA Communities are now in compliance with Section 3A of MGL 40A...
Monday, July 14, 2025

Boston Globe: "See the latest rent estimates and trends for cities and towns in Greater Boston"

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"When you live in Greater Boston, it can feel like the rent never stops climbing. Each year, the price of signing a new lease, or resig...
Friday, July 11, 2025

"The case for new cities"

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via Congressman Jake Auchincloss & Jonathan Gruber :  "It has become a truism that America can’t build anymore. Housing, infrastruc...