Heather Cox Richardson: “Massachusetts was short about 220,000 homes.”

“No wonder our rents are through the roof and prices on homes too high. Just to be clear, in part, that was the COVID epidemic. Yep, yep, absolutely. … Massachusetts was short about 220,000 homes. … I did a few things. I made zoning changes. You can now in Massachusetts build an adu, an accessory dwelling unit in your garage, your basement, your backyard, by right, no zoning approval required.” (11:34–11:36)

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