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map of 19 MA communities that have passed home rule petitions

Local Revenue is a Key Tool to Advance Housing Affordability

Author:

Victoria DiLorenzo

Year:

2025

Description:

In this new report, MassBudget Housing Analyst Victoria DiLorenzo discusses how municipal affordable housing trusts create and preserve affordable housing locally, and how local revenue can be a key tool in addressing the Commonwealth’s housing affordability crisis. The report focuses on the 19 communities that have filed home rule petitions seeking state permission to enact a real estate transfer fee.  Read more.