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CHAPTER 40B:
BUILDING ACCOUNTABILITY
INTO THE MASSACHUSETTS
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM

A Report of the
Senate Committee on Post Audit and Oversight
 
June 2009

NEWS:

State to keep closer eye on affordable housing profits

Boston Herald - ‎Jun 1, 2009‎

By Christine McConville - In what is being billed as major step in fighting affordable housing development fraud, the state will now be scrutinizing ...

Change urged to rein in developer abuses

Boston Globe - ‎June 1, 2009‎

By Brian MacQuarrie - A state Senate panel today will recommend tougher measures to crack down on developers who abuse the Massachusetts affordable-housing ...

Legislative report recommends changes to allow stricter oversight ...

Enterprise News - ‎June 1, 2009‎

By Fred Hanson A legislative committee wants to limit developers' profits and improve oversight of housing developments proposed under Chapter 40B, ...

Massachusetts eyes new housing law

Berkshire Eagle - ‎Jun 2, 2009‎

By Matt Murphy, Eagle Boston Bureau BOSTON — A group of Senate lawmakers Monday recommended an overhaul of the state's affordable housing law that would ...

Senate Calls For Affordable Housing Overhaul

WBUR - ‎Jun 2, 2009‎

By MONICA BRADY-MYEROV (WBUR) BOSTON — A Senate committee has called for an overhaul of the 40B housing program because some developers of affordable ...

State senator wants more oversight on affordable housing program

Attleboro Sun Chronicle - ‎Jun 2, 2009‎

BY JIM HAND SUN CHRONICLE STAFF State Sen. Marc Pacheco is calling for an overhaul of the state Chapter 40B affordable housing program to provide more ...

Report: Chapter 40B housing law needs overhaul

Fall River Herald News - ‎Jun 1, 2009‎

By Grant Welker A state committee chaired by Taunton Sen. Marc R. Pacheco said in a report Monday that the state's Chapter 40B affordable housing law badly ...

Controversy builds around Chapter 40B zoning law

Philadelphia Metro - ‎Jun 1, 2009‎

BOSTON. A state affordable housing law intended to improve living conditions for thousands of Massachusetts residents is riddled with fraud and abuse, ...

Report: Mass. must overhaul affordable housing law

Worcester Telegram - ‎Jun 1, 2009‎

AP BOSTON — A new report is calling for greater transparency and accountability in the state's affordable housing law. The Massachusetts law, known as ...

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Report: MA Must Overhaul Affordable Housing Law

WBZ - ‎Jun 1, 2009‎

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Report: Affordable Housing Law Needs Overhaul

Boston Channel.com - Jun 2, 2009

BOSTON -- A new report is calling for greater transparency and accountability in the state's affordable housing law. The Massachusetts law, known as Chapter ...

 

Senate Committee on Post Audit and Oversight releases report on the Chapter 40B affordable housing law

Panel calls for greater transparency and accountability in housing program

      The state’s Chapter 40B affordable housing law, plagued by allegations of fraud and abuse, needs to improve standards of accountability and transparency to allow towns and cities, as well as developers, to regain confidence in the system, according to a report released June 1.. 

     “This program is long overdue for an overhaul,” said Sen. Marc R. Pacheco, chairman of the Senate Post Audit and Oversight Committee, which conducted the investigation. “For too long there has been a lack of accountability in this program. Over many decades and administrations, no one has gotten a handle on it.  Everyone was willing to ignore problems because of a desire to get affordable housing built.”

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