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40B Reference Information

The 40B Tea Party
To sign a petition requesting that Governor Patrick remove Tina Brooks as Director of DHCD and take action to rectify the 40B abuses that DHCD regulations engourage

What is Chapter 40B?
Fact sheet prepared by Citizens' Housing and Planning Association

MA Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD)Chapter 40 B Planning

Letter to Joint Committee on Housing from Gregory W. Sullivan, Inspector General, expressing concern regarding practices associated with 40B. Oct 23,2007

Letter to DHCD from Inspector General Gregory W. Sullivan, Inspector General, highlighting numerous abuses by developers in 40B projects Oct 23,2007

Inspector General Publications List

The mission of the Easton Initiative is to confront the abuses of 40B developments. 40B's forced-growth is a detriment to our community. Byhelping to repeal 40B and working to stop 40B abuses in our town, wecan preserve our future and quality of life which provides affordablehousing in ways that make sense for our town.
Repeal 40B Stopping 40B means restoring funding to existing affordable housing laws that actually help people.

Massachusetts Slow Growth Initiative

What is the current amount of affordable housing inventory in Easton?

Easton's DHCD approved affordable housing production plan

What is on the list of affordable housing inventory in Easton?

Group Seeks to Build Affordable Housing in Easton
by Paula Vogler, Easton Journal Nov 19, 2008
What Gets Proposed,  What Gets Approved, What Gets Appealed and What Gets Built?, by Lynn Fisher, Department of Urban Studies and Planning and Center for Real Estate, MIT, November 2008
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Easton Board of Selectmen initiate the authoring of a comprehensive "40B Frequently Asked Questions." on the town website