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Planners and developers push modular construction and code fixes to speed housing production
Summary
Regional planners and the commercial real-estate industry urged the Joint Committee on Housing to pursue modular/off-site production, sales-tax relief on construction materials, and regulatory updates (including wetlands/title 5 alignment) to accelerate housing supply and lower per-unit costs.
Speakers from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) and the commercial real-estate association NAIOP described supply-side constraints and policy recommendations to help Massachusetts increase housing production.
Mark Draisen, executive director of MAPC, emphasized that supply alone will not quickly solve the Commonwealth’s housing shortfall — MAPC and the governor’s housing plan estimate 222,000 additional units are needed over the next…
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