State lawmakers debate Gov. Healey's $4B housing bill

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Governor Maura Healey’s new Housing Bond Bill promises zoning changes, investments in public housing, and new fees for sellers if it passes. GBH News’ State House reporter Katie Lannan joined Crystal Haynes to break down the ins and outs of the bill, and it’s potential of being signed into law.
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0:45 Katie breaks down the ins and outs of the bill
1:51 Opposition to the bill
3:40 How will Massachusetts afford the Housing Bond Bill?
5:15 What it would mean for renters
7:13 Can Massachusetts build its way out of the housing crisis?
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20 май 2024

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@jeffw991 25 дней назад

Let's put some brutal taxes on unoccupied residential property and on for housing being used for short-term rental/AirBNB.

@carefulconsumer8682 25 дней назад

Also, Tax corporate ownership of houses. Wall Street buys thousands of houses and force the prices higher.

@bradfordjhart 25 дней назад

The only thing that money will be used for is a study, and then another study to study the study. They'll give another billion to house migrants in a four-star hotel.

@charlesdumas768 25 дней назад

I grew in this state, all they want is more money

@Jake-pf4kv 25 дней назад

Homeowners will fight this hard!!!!!

@eswift8318 25 дней назад

Once possible solution is to give people a low "transfer tax" every three years. If they buy and sell houses constantly because they are flippers or landlords buying multiple properties, they get hit with the higher rate. Because as it is now, nearly every house is being bought by someone who slaps a coat of gray paint on the walls and jacks up the price to sell a month later.

@marymaguire3230 24 дня назад

New Hampshire may not have individual income tax (other than on interest and dividends), or sales tax, but DOES have property taxes.

@christopherk140 25 дней назад

AND WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR IT????? No more taxes … no more overspending on anything!

@charlesdumas768 25 дней назад

New Hampshire doesn't have these problems and they don't have taxes like mass does

@itsstellaburton 25 дней назад

I'm 19 and in NH, and I can't get a house under $2k

@DarrienGlasser 23 дня назад

Nashua has less than a 1% rental vacancy now. We’re worse here than MA

@jackmaher4466 25 дней назад

Democrats need more housing for their new voter base. This won't help any Americans.

@DarrienGlasser 24 дня назад

Zoning laws gotta change. So many old people blocking housing it’s crazy.

@BetterTextLex 25 дней назад

Reporting on the amount of the new proposed transfer tax may have been helpful.

@pettyann007 25 дней назад

I see a lot of land out in Hyde park ma, not being used and would be a great place to build housing community for low income/housing, and there is hardly any housing communities out in Hyde park ma...

@melissahouse3488 24 дня назад

Public housing, no thank you!!! CORRUPTION and NOT with my tax dollars!!!

@JDHorn 23 дня назад

You’re missing an s.

@Andrea-xq3qf 25 дней назад

Honestly, I dont agree with this totally. We already have too many people in too little space. Until management of public housing is improved and veterans and citizens are first preference or long term residents, it will be tge same thing. We, taxpayers will foot the bill as always. So in the end we pay for the build and we pay the subsidies through taxes for the rent. Now, until the govt does right by its middle income homeowners and stop being always on the side of tenants, we will have the same old thing. Rent reflects taxes, insurance and maintenance. How about lowering those costs.

@12KevinPower 25 дней назад

How are we full? Massachusetts is not growing as fast other states. Also, Boston had more people in 1950 than it does today.

@jenniferdebeneditto6075 25 дней назад

@@12KevinPowerif we are not fuller than we were in the 1950s then we should have plenty of housing

@12KevinPower 25 дней назад

@@jenniferdebeneditto6075 Agreed. Why is that? Existing Landlords are at fault. They constrained supply so that there artificial scarcity, which drives up rent and land values.

@eswift8318 25 дней назад

Rent reflects what landlords can get away with charging. It's not like there are a lot of landlords who are thinking, "Oh, I only need to make a few dollars more than my costs." Nearly all of them are thinking they will charge the most they can. Then they take those profits and buy more properties to turn into rentals. It's the same reason we have inflation on products. Companies are making record profits by jacking up the prices and shrinking the amount of product.

@12KevinPower 25 дней назад

@@eswift8318 Exactly. We need more supply, so there is more competition against landlords. We also need to build homes quickly so population growth is less than supply growth. We may have to decrease rental competition. less people competing for homes means less demand.