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SOMERVILLE --- For the second time in a week, a community that received technical assistance from MHP passed significant local zoning reform that will allow for more multifamily and affordable housing.

Training for local officials, volunteers and employees in suburban/rural communities

​DEVENS --- Registration is open and a finalized agenda is now available for the 10th annual Housing Institute, Tuesday & Wednesday, June 14 & 15, 2016 at the Devens Common Center.

DEVENS --- The Regional Housing Network (RHN) has recognized MHP with a public service award for its work on rural policy issues, which has led to the establishment of a Rural Policy Advisory Commission that will advise the Baker Administration and the state legislature.

NEEDHAM --- Town Meeting on Monday, May 2 voted to adopt a special overlay district for a commercial area just east of Rt. 128 on the Newton-Needham line.

MHP Executive Director Clark Ziegler and MHP board chairman Chris Oddleifson, president and CEO of Rockland Trust, have co-authored an article on why Massachusetts needs zoning reform.

BOSTON, March 15, 2016 --- A new in-depth study by Professor Michael Goodman and the Public Policy Center at UMass Dartmouth finds that the state tax payments made by their residents more than offset any negative local fiscal impacts associated with these developments.