Leominster Champion
BOSTON A program to help Leominster’s Latino business community is among the 30 projects that will be funded through a state grant program aimed at urban communities, according to officials.
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development last week named the projects in 23 communities statewide that would be funded with $2.5 million from the Urban Agenda Grant Program.
In Leominster, the North Central Massachusetts Development Corporation received $100,000 for the Latino Capacity Building Project, which will provide culturally competent technical assistance to Latino businesses recovering from the pandemic. Trainings in marketing, grant application, and bookkeeping will be included.
Highlights
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has adopted material changes
to state zoning laws designed to encourage housing development, and
in some cases mixed-use development that includes housing.
An Act Enabling Partnerships for Growth, Chapter 358 of the
Acts of 2020 (the Act) has amended Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts
General Laws in a number of areas, dubbed the Housing Choice
Initiative, in an effort to combat barriers to housing production
and assist cities and towns working to promote housing
development.
This Holland & Knight alert summarizes these key zoning
amendments included in the Act.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has adopted material changes
to state zoning laws designed to encourage housing development, and
Highlights
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has adopted material changes to state zoning laws designed to encourage housing development, and in some cases mixed-use development that includes housing.
An Act Enabling Partnerships for Growth, Chapter 358 of the Acts of 2020 (the Act) has amended Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Laws in a number of areas, dubbed the Housing Choice Initiative, in an effort to combat barriers to housing production and assist cities and towns working to promote housing development.
This Holland & Knight alert summarizes these key zoning amendments included in the Act.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has adopted material changes to state zoning laws designed to encourage housing development, and in some cases mixed-use development that includes housing.
January 26, 2021 Original image by Flickr user Verkeorg
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As of October 19, 2020, the Massachusetts Moratorium on Evictions and Foreclosures During the COVID-19 Emergency (the “Moratorium”) expired. The Moratorium, signed by Governor Charlie Baker in April 20, 2020, in connection with the COVID-19 state of emergency declaration dated as of March 10, 2020, temporarily suspended certain residential and commercial evictions. While the Moratorium is expired, landlords and tenants should remain mindful that the federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention (the “CDC”) eviction moratorium remains in effect through January 31, 2021, unless extended. The CDC moratorium prohibits evictions for those tenants who meet certain income and hardship qualifications.