A “home rule” petition will be presented to Town Meeting voters April 27. If it passes, it will be sent directly to the state legislature, as villagesoup informs MHProNews. Members of the Wareham Planning Board voted in favor of the measure at their last meeting. If communities do not have ten percent of their housing stock classified as affordable, developers can avoid local regulations if they construct housing that qualifies as affordable.
Wareham currently has 1,100 manufactured homes sited in manufactured home communities, which would be sufficient to qualify for the Chapter 40B requirement. ##
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