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Healey seeks to streamline housing permits

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BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey wants to streamline the state’s environmental regulatory process for building new homes as part of broader efforts to ease a shortage of housing.

A set of draft regulations rolled out by the Healey administration on Tuesday would cut the review period for housing projects to a month by requiring developers to complete a “simplified” Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act review instead of a more detailed Environmental Impact Report, which can take up to a year.


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By Christian M. Wade | Statehouse Reporter

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