Allow Multi-Family Housing Units or State Will Cut Off Some Local Aid, Maura Healey Says To Massachusetts Towns

The state government will block state funding for public schools, roads, and other items for towns and cities that don't create at least one zoning district that allows multi-family housing as a matter of right, Governor Maura Healey said Thursday. Healey, a Democrat, called housing affordability "the greatest issue facing our state" during an appearance Thursday, December 7 on Radio Boston on WBUR.

The state government will block state funding for public schools, roads, and other items for towns and cities that don't create at least one zoning district that allows multi-family housing as a matter of right, Governor Maura Healey said Thursday. Healey, a Democrat, called housing affordability "the greatest issue facing our state" during an appearance Thursday, December 7 on Radio Boston on WBUR.…