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Sen. Feeney presses missing‑middle starter homes bill to expand starter home supply

5571249 · June 25, 2025
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Summary

Senator Feeney told the committee S.989 would create incentives, zoning tools and a trust fund to support smaller starter homes and residence types such as duplexes and triplexes to address declining entry‑level home stock.

Senator Feeney told the Joint Committee on Housing he filed S.989 “an act establishing the missing middle starter home development and homeownership program,” calling it a targeted response to the disappearance of entry‑level starter homes in Massachusetts.

Why it matters: Feeney said much of the state’s housing shortage is a production problem and that “production, production, production” is essential, but that policy should also restore smaller, starter single‑family and small multifamily home…

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