On October 21, 2022, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development (EOHED) established definitive guidelines for Massachusetts’ 175 MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) communities. The guidelines aim to ensure compliance with M.G.L. c. 40A, § 3A (“Guidelines”). These new directives specifically apply to communities identified as Rapid Transit Communities.
Compliance is a time-sensitive matter – for those communities, the deadline to submit a comprehensive compliance application to the Executive Office of Housing and Living Communities (EOHLC) is no later than December 31, 2023. The rigorous guidelines are expected to bring sustainable modifications in the housing and economic development sectors of the transit communities in the Commonwealth.
Although the existing information portrays the broad strokes of the situation, comprehensive data concerning the specific contents of the guidelines is not readily available at this moment. Therefore, legal professionals operating within and related to these MBTA communities should proactively monitor the situation to ensure timely compliance with the newly issued guidelines.
For further insights into the implications of these recent developments, visit JD Supra’s detailed post authored by legal experts from Bowditch & Dewey.