Katherine Levine Einstein
Political scientist at Boston University. Local politics; public policy; housing
- Reposted by Katherine Levine EinsteinI can’t believe it - after years of advocacy, exclusionary zoning has ended in Cambridge. We just passed the single most comprehensive rezoning in the US—legalizing multifamily housing up to 6 stories citywide in a Paris style Here’s the details 🧵
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- This story underscores just how much communities are willing to spend to avoid building more housing. @maxwellpalmer.com and I find that communities buy land, sometimes to block affordable housing, with no plan or capacity to maintain/redevelop the property. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/05/m...
- As with the Northborough property, communities sometimes make these exclusionary purchases using state resources through the Community Preservation Act. We highlight this example (and others) of the weaponization of public land (and waste of public $$) in our report: www.tbf.org/-/media/tbf/...
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