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"As additions to the toolbox go, the MBTA Communities Act has barely been removed from its packaging," writes one housing proponent. "Zoning is not a housing production program, but it is a necessary step," writes another.
"This legislation was an attempt to solve a well-documented pressing problem: We need more, and more dense, housing," writes one reader, while a Milton resident writes that the problem is the accessibility of the T and its woeful service.
Read Governor Maura Healey's first State of the Commonwealth speech, alongside analysis from Globe reporters.
See how several key choices made by developers in any new housing development influence the cost of a project, and the rents it needs to pencil out.
Many forces drive the housing crisis here, and the sky-high cost of construction is one of the most powerful.