And our governor, much to her credit, is going after NIMBYism at the local level through a bill called the MBTA Communities act which basically says to localities which in New England, England have a tremendous amount of autonomy over zoning. If you're next to public transit, you'd better make it possible to build [housing]. Possible to build that missing middle housing, that workforce of affordability that's like 2 to 20 units. We've got to make adus much more accessible. (04:23–04:27)
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Asserts that areas near public transit in Massachusetts must allow housing development.
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