Issue Position: Affordable Housing & 40B
Issue Position
Issues: Housing and Property
As currently written, Chapter 40B allows developers to disregard local zoning and impose outsized and often poorly conceived housing projects within municipalities. I would support the complete repeal of this law and allow the free market to address current housing needs. The law should be amended at the very least to:
* Allow communities to count manufactured housing as rental units.
* Include the ability to take into account the environmental impact of large developments, especially as regards the impact on aquifers, before approval is granted.
* Provide for thorough audits of developers once projects are complete to assure that each project is in compliance with statutory to include significant penalties.
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