LEARNING AREA: Economic Development
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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.