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Senate bill to promote ‘missing middle’ starter homes draws support as a tool to diversify housing types
Summary
Senator testimony and industry witnesses urged a program to revive construction of smaller, starter single‑family and low‑rise multiunit homes (the “missing middle”), including incentives tied to Chapter 40Y zoning, trust funds and local technical assistance.
Senator (testifying) and other witnesses urged the committee to consider legislation aimed at restoring production of smaller “starter” homes—duplexes, triplexes and small single‑family houses—that historically helped first‑time buyers build wealth and remain in place.
Senator who sponsored the measure described how post‑World War II neighborhoods once produced many starter homes that supported middle‑class wealth building. He said current market incentives…
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