Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Housing

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Start Time:

9:00 AM

Location:

A-2
B-1

Event Description

Zoning & Chapter 40B

The public is invited to participate in this hybrid hearing, which will be livestreamed on the General Court website, https://malegislature.gov/.

Hearings will be recorded and posted publicly on the Joint Committee on Housing's page here.

At the discretion of the Chairs and per committee rules, written testimony received by the committee will be made publicly available. The committee may limit availability or redact testimony that includes sensitive personal information, information about minors, or information that may jeopardize the health, wellness or safety of the testifier or others.

All matters filed in the House that are listed below are required to be reported on by November 16, 2025, subject to extensions consistent with House Rule 27.

Written testimony can be submitted via email at meg.ribera@masenate.gov or at luke.oroark@mahouse.gov or physically mailed to the House Chair:

Chair Richard Haggerty

Joint Committee on Housing

ATTN: Luke O'Roark

24 Beacon St. Room 146

Boston, MA 02133

In-person oral and remote testimony sign-up is available via this form until 5 P.M., on Monday, September 15, 2025. Email Colin Hennessy at colin.hennessy@masenate.gov with any questions or concerns.

For those testifying remotely, you will receive a Microsoft Teams link with more information prior to the start of the hearing.

This hearing will be chaired by Senate Chair Julian Cyr. Senate Chair Cyr's office can be reached at 617-722-1570. House Chair Haggerty's office can be reached at 617-722-2575

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Housing - 9-17-2025	9/17/2025 9:00 AM	01:50:53

Zoning & Chapter 40B 9:00am - 1:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
S.962	An Act to promote Yes in My Back Yard	Brendan P. Crighton
S.1003	Resolve to examine Chapter 40B	Edward J. Kennedy
S.1005	An Act for Chapter 40B reform and improvement	Jason M. Lewis
S.1021	An Act relative to updating and modernizing Chapter 40R	Pavel M. Payano
S.1023	An Act relative to the creation of a chapter 40B commission	Rebecca L. Rausch
S.1024	An Act ensuring affordability in perpetuity	Michael F. Rush
S.1025	An Act streamlining housing permitting	Bruce E. Tarr
H.1484	An Act relative to accessory dwelling units	Mark J. Cusack
H.1486	Resolve establishing a special commission to study and make recommendations relative to Chapter 40B	Michael S. Day
H.1518	An Act relative to starter homes	Kevin G. Honan
H.1531	An Act establishing a commission to study housing affordability and density reform	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.1537	An Act relative to the sale of chapter 40B properties purchased prior to the year 2010	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.1548	An Act relative to the state’s requirements for calculating the municipal land area for subsidized housing inventory (SHI)	Joseph D. McKenna
H.1549	An Act providing relief of 40B regulations for municipalities sheltering individuals on behalf of DHCD	Joseph D. McKenna
H.1556	An Act to improve the accuracy of the counting of existing affordable housing stock	Norman J. Orrall
H.1572	An Act to promote Yes in My Back Yard	Andres X. Vargas
H.1575	An Act relative to reducing damage caused by the current foreclosure crisis in the historic districts of Massachusetts	Bud L. Williams
H.2347	An Act to promote Yes in God's Back Yard	Andres X. Vargas
H.2255	An Act facilitating approval of inclusionary zoning for affordable housing	Mike Connolly
H.2298	An Act facilitating site plan review	Kristin E. Kassner
H.2350	An Act facilitating site plan review	David T. Vieira
H.4163	An Act relative to accessory dwelling units inclusion in the subsidized housing inventory	Kristin E. Kassner

Present (10)

Richard M. Haggerty (HOU)

James C. Arena-DeRosa (HOU)

Michelle L. Badger (HOU)

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr. (HOU)

Hannah Bowen (HOU)

Rob Consalvo (HOU)

David F. DeCoste (HOU)

Kip A. Diggs (HOU)

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf (HOU)

Christopher M. Markey (HOU)

Absent (1)

Adrianne Pusateri Ramos (HOU) *

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