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NAIOP Massachusetts Installs 2024 Leadership Team

December 7, 2023

(Boston, MA) – At its Annual Meeting held on November 28, NAIOP Massachusetts, The Commercial Real Estate Development Association, elected a new President and Board members. The Board includes the principals of many of the region’s leading commercial real estate firms.

Ballot Efforts to Legalize Rent Control Fail to Gather Signatures Needed

November 13, 2023

Efforts to advance a ballot question seeking to establish a broad spectrum of policies related to the rental housing market, including the legalization of rent control, gathered less than 15% of the required signatures over six weeks of outreach. With the November 22 signature deadline looming, the campaign was unable to gather the remaining 60,000+ signatures required and has suspended operations. This means that the question will not go before voters in 2024.

As NAIOP CEO Tamara Small told The Boston Globe over the weekend, rent control will not address our housing crisis.

Healey-Driscoll Administration Releases $4 Billion Housing Bond Bill

October 20, 2023

Today NAIOP CEO Tamara Small joined business leaders, advocates, legislators, developers, and representatives from the Healey-Driscoll administration in Chelsea for the unveiling of the Administration’s $4 billion housing bond bill, The Affordable Homes Act. The legislation represents the largest proposed investment in housing in the state’s history.

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The above archive includes blogs posted from December 2020 onward, and reflect NAIOP updates from July 2020 to present. For posts prior to July 2020, please visit NAIOP's archived blog.

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