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  • State, utilities seek faster grid hookups for new homes

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    BOSTON — The Healey administration is launching an initiative with the state’s two largest utilities to speed up the process of connecting new residential units to the regional electric grid as part of broader efforts to expand housing options.

    Under the Power Forward program launched Tuesday, the state will partner with National Grid and Eversource to conduct advanced grid studies for municipalities, which officials say will help communities evaluate where new energy-efficient housing can be built quickly and cost-effectively.

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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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  • State dangles new tax credits for housing projects

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    BOSTON — The Healey administration is offering new tax credits for real estate developers to convert vacant commercial properties as part of broader efforts to build more affordable housing in the state.

    The state Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities on Thursday rolled out the Commercial Conversion Tax Credit Initiative, a new tax credit to help convert underused commercial buildings into residential and mixed-use housing. At least $10 million in tax credits will be available in the first round of funding, the agency said.


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