Massachusetts is roughly 250,000 units of housing short over the next decade. We will suffocate our middle class here if we don't build about a quarter million units of housing. 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. (04:12–04:19)
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Asserts that the Massachusetts governor is addressing NIMBYism with the MBTA Communities Act.
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