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We seem to be closer than any time in recent memory to the return of rent control in Massachusetts, due in no small part to the ever-rising cost of housing here.
For a Globe story, do you have thoughts on rent control? Share them here!
bostonglobe.com/2026/06/11/b…
Mass. lawmakers have for years ignored advocates' calls for rent control. Now staring down a ballot question that would enact the country's strictest rent cap, will they consider a legislative compromise?
bostonglobe.com/2026/02/04/b…
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We're back for another live annotation of @MassGovernor's third State of the Commonwealth address!
Follow along here for commentary from @jonchesto @andrewnbrinker @shankman + yours truly: apps.bostonglobe.com/2026/01…
Are you a Greater Boston renter who is worried you may never be able to buy a home in this region? Get in touch for a story I'm working on about the changing economics of homebuying, and who can really afford to buy around here.
bostonglobe.com/2025/07/30/b…
Hi Greater Boston folks. For a Globe story about the state of the housing market: Have you been looking to buy a house but are holding out for lower interest rates? Searched for a place to buy but can't find anything in your price range? Drop a line at [email protected]
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Big news coming out of our hometown this week: the @CambMA City Council voted to allow four-story apartment buildings across the city. Learn more from @BostonGlobe's @andrewnbrinker: bostonglobe.com/2025/02/11/b…
For those following MBTA Communities state housing law: In new emergency regs filed today after SJC ruling last week, the state offers an olive branch to Milton and other noncompliant towns, extending their deadline to pass zoning to July 14. For now, Milton has another chance.
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Milton's Select Board has hit the brakes on plans to put 35 affordable apartments on four acres left centuries ago ‘for the benefit of the poor.’ bostonglobe.com/2024/12/25/b… via @BostonGlobe @andrewnbrinker
Come ask your Greater Boston housing questions on Reddit starting at noon!
Have a question about Greater Boston’s ongoing housing crisis? Join us on @Reddit at noon!
Globe reporter @andrewnbrinker will be answering questions on a wide range of topics.
ALT Square shaped box with a black background and white text. At the top of the square it says: ask us anything | reddit 12 p.m. There are eight white outlines of houses with four in each row under that. The next row of text says: Reddit AMA on r/boston. The text underneath that black says: Globe reporter Andrew Brinker will be answering questions about what’s changed in housing around the Boston area in the last year.
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State lawmakers this week sent @MassGovernor legislation that would shield a Boston non-profit battling accusations of predatory lending from lawsuits, alarming homeowners who’ve already sued it and Massachusetts’ top prosecutor alike. bostonglobe.com/2024/11/15/m… w/ @andrewnbrinker
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NEW: The Massachusetts Senate effectively quashed a plan to allow cities and towns to impose a fee on the sales of high-end properties, as revealed in its $5.2 billion housing bond bill today. They debate Thursday.
bostonglobe.com/2024/06/24/m… w/ @andrewnbrinker
Andrew Brinker retweeted
In 2014, Mass. lawmakers tried to expand who gets to serve alcohol in Boston — and where. But a decade later, the liquor license system is as arcane, expensive, and inaccessible as ever.
Will this be the year we finally see change? w/ @leung: apps.bostonglobe.com/busines…
For those following MBTA Communities, we have a new map tracking which cities and towns have voted on zoning compliance. We'll be updating it daily starting this week as votes continue to roll in. So far, around 50 towns have passed new zoning.
bostonglobe.com/2024/05/07/b…
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Some personal news, as they say:
Today was my first day as a breaking news reporter @masslivenews! I’m so excited to get back to chasing down breaking news stories and to join an incredible team to do so.
I will miss my colleagues @itemlive - and Saugus - dearly.
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Facing an insurgent opposition to the state’s new housing law, Governor Maura Healey’s administration came down Wednesday on Milton, trying to head off broader momentum sparked by the town’s recent rejection of a controversial housing plan. trib.al/BE0MTMi
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Milton election results: See how each precinct voted bostonglobe.com/2024/02/15/b… via @BostonGlobe
Breaking: Milton voters rejected a state-mandated housing plan, potentially setting up a high-stakes legal battle that could reverberate across Eastern Massachusetts. Unofficial vote margin was 54-46.
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A vote happening in Milton today is bigger than the town.
Residents will give their verdict on a plan that would allow more apartments in town. But regardless of which side they choose, the vote will reverberate throughout Eastern Massachusetts.
Let's break it down. 🧵
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Is a motel room affordable housing?
This city is arguing yes, as part of an effort to use the migrant crisis to stop a Chapter 40B development
commonwealthbeacon.org/housi…
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Wrote one for the housing policy nerds (compliment) out there:
Brookline legalized accessory dwelling units in 2019. So why hasn’t a single one been built?
brookline.news/brookline-leg…