Foundation Report Calls Out Suburbs For Blocking Affordable Housing
Posted on June 27, 2019 in News
The influential nonprofit Boston Foundation issues its Greater Boston Housing Report Card annually; but this year’s report, released Wednesday, is in several ways a departure from those of prior years.
Most notably, the report highlights a facet of Massachusetts policy that it suggests is a kind of elephant in the room that deserves to be singled out: Massachusetts’ long-standing tradition of local control, or “home rule,” when it comes to zoning matters — and the inequity the report says is being implemented under its protection.
