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New York City enacted Local Law 97 in 2019 to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions generated by buildings throughout the City.1 The law...
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As addressed in our prior advisory, Boston is reforming the impact review process in Article 80 of its zoning code. This process is...
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On November 20, 2024, Governor Healy signed the Permit Extension Act of 2024 (the “PEA”) into law as part of the Mass Leads Act....
Attorney Hara Perkins co-authored Chapter 1, titled “FHA Multifamily Programs: General Overview and Recent Developments,” in Navigating...
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After an 18-month study process, the Boston Planning Department has released an Action Plan proposing strategies to modernize Boston’s...
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In June, Mayor Wu announced the extension of the City of Boston's Office to Residential Conversion Program with $15 million in additional...
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The end of June saw the D.C. Council pass the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Support Act of 2024 and the Fiscal Year 2025 Local Budget Act of...
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According to one of my favorite novelists, Colson Whitehead, “No matter how long you have been here, you are a New Yorker the first time...
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Attorney Matthew Kiefer appeared on WBUR's Radio Boston program to discuss how to re-think zoning, a concept from Idea City: How to Make...
The MA State Library Author Talks Series recently hosted a panel discussion between David Gamble, Matthew Kiefer, and Rosalyn Negron, all...
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The Wu administration's push to transform city-owned parking lots into affordable housing has attracted developers across neighborhoods...
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Governor Maura Healey has called out housing as Massachusetts’ biggest challenge—both increasing the pace of production and lowering the...
In August 2023, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the New York City Department of City Planning announced three major initiatives to...
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In November 2023, the Boston Zoning Commission adopted Article 79 of the Boston Zoning Code, codifying for the first time long-studied...
After the Great Depression, federal policy pushed single-family homeownership as the gold standard of housing through Federal Housing...
With the current state of the real estate market, building owners and developers should consider utilizing the flexibility of the...