Housing Choice - MBTA Community Compliance

House Bill 5250, “An Act Enabling Partnerships of Growth," was signed into law 1/14/21, with draft guidelines issued early this year. Communities with (or adjacent to) MBTA service will need to comply with new zoning requirements relating to multi-family housing, or forgo eligibility for certain state grant programs. The information will be presented to the Select Board at a meeting to be determined (please see the Town Clerk calendar for the agenda once posted). Information about the new requirements is below:

Full draft guidelines: https://www.mass.gov/doc/draft-guidelines-for-mbta-communities/download

Summary page from Mass.gov: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/multi-family-zoning-requirement-for-mb...

Summary article from Mass Housing Partnership: https://www.mhp.net/community/complete-neighborhoods-initiative 

MHP table of deadlines: https://www.mhp.net/writable/resources/documents/MBTA-Communities-Compli...