Five Years Later, MBTA Communities Act Spurs ‘Real but Modest’ Change, Report Finds

Researchers find MBTA housing law benefits 'modest' so far

FIVE YEARS AFTER its passage, the MBTA Communities Act is beginning to produce “real but modest benefits,” according to a new analysis that puts the law’s impacts into the context of the region’s deep housing shortage. The Boston Indicators report found that nearly 7,000 housing units are now in the permitting, construction or occupancy pipeline across more than 100 projects in 34 eastern Massachusetts communities as a direct result of zoning ch…

Researchers find MBTA housing law benefits ‘modest' so far

Five years after its passage, the MBTA Communities Act is beginning to produce “real but modest benefits,” according to a new analysis that puts the law’s...

Five years later, MBTA Communities Act spurs ‘real but modest’ change, report finds

Nearly 7,000 units are being built in 34 communities across Massachusetts under the MBTA Communities Act, less than a 1% increase to the total housing in those towns.

MBTA Communities Law's Upshot: Smaller Projects, Far from Stations

Urban planners’ visions of a high-density housing boom steps from rapid transit service haven’t materialized five years after the adoption of Massachusetts’ MBTA Communities zoning law.