Professor Maxwell Palmer and Congressman Jake Auchincloss speaking at Newton for Everyone’s forum, How Housing Scarcity is Costing Massachusetts Political Power (photos: Bruce Henderson)
At Newton for Everyone’s forum, How Housing Scarcity is Costing Massachusetts Political Power, Boston University Professor Maxwell Palmer advocated for statewide zoning to increase housing and maintain Massachusetts’s political power. Congressman Jake Auchincloss expressed less concern about the number of Massachusetts congressional representatives and suggested hyper-local zoning to increase housing.
Palmer: Population is political power
The keynote speaker for the Newton
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