[MassHistPres] S.993: An Act Accelerating Housing Production

[Burks, Sarah]

After reading the proposed change to 40C a few times through, it looks like it would require a historic district commission to issue a certificate for a residential project that adds one or more housing units if the structure was built on or after 1/1/1900 and would not allow a commission to place any conditions on a certificate that would prevent a “reasonable financial return in construction or operation of said housing.”

It’s all about profit.


Sarah L. Burks
Cambridge Historical Commission
831 Massachusetts Ave., 2nd Fl.
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-349-4687
sburks at cambridgema.gov
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Preservation Massachusetts is monitoring S.993<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/S.993__;!!GolgDdAAPFHvrrz0!bEDx_z53r0Vr_ps9vq3a85nbSegMYuewHp0wavVTxP8EE4KjUr-5p0cAxGDlrfW7icI6B7O8iB_NthkMdhF9AijIkYYDz10$> An Act Accelerating Housing Production which came up for a hearing today.

Sections 2 and 6 reference the state register and historic districts.

Written testimony can be submitted via email at meg.ribera at masenate.gov<mailto:meg.ribera at masenate.gov> or at luke.oroark at mahouse.gov<mailto:luke.oroark at mahouse.gov> or physically mailed to the House Chair:

Chair Richard Haggerty
Joint Committee on Housing
ATTN: Luke O'Roark
24 Beacon St. Room 146
Boston, MA 02133

Jessica Rudden-Dube
Executive Director
Preservation Massachusetts
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