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CHAPTER
40B:
BUILDING ACCOUNTABILITY
INTO THE MASSACHUSETTS
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM
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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 ...
Report:
MA Must Overhaul Affordable Housing Law
WBZ - Jun
1, 2009
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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 ...
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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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