Greater Boston's Housing Crisis Worsens Amid Permitting Slowdown and Rising Costs
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Massachusetts has implemented solutions like designating resort towns as 'seasonal communities' to ease housing construction for workers, exemplified by projects like The Forge in Lenox, but the effectiveness of these measures in alleviating housing shortages remains uncertain.
Topics:business#affordable-housing#housing#housing-shortages#local-government#massachusetts#workforce-housing
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