Care to go deeper? This page provides links to resources that serve to better inform about MBTA 3A and the negative impact it will have on Gloucester and other "MBTA" communities.

In the News

• Danvers Citizens Push Back on MBTA 3A Compliance

• Framingham City Council Aims To Deal Developers a 4 Story Downtown Favor

• Lexington Slashes MBTA Zoning After Development Boom

  • Town Meeting Votes to Scale Back Multi-Family Zoning

• Massachusetts was One the Most Moved from States in 2023

• On Second Thought, T Zoning Proposal Needs a Redo (2022)

Evidential Backup to Facts and Myths Responses:

• What is MBTA 3A?/Does MBTA 3A provide senior housing?/Does Gloucester have to comply with MBTA 3A?

• Does MBTA 3A provide affordable housing?

• MBTA 3A ruled an unfunded mandate

  • Learn about Mandate determinations

• Manchester's Application for Grant Money Rejected After Residents Vote to Comply with 3A

• State Auditor, Diane DiZoglio. "greedy developers...seeking to take advantage"

• Compliant Lexington in Midst of a "Triple-Decker Renaissance"

To Comply or Not to Comply:

• 34 Citizens Groups Have Joined the Class Action Suit

  • 34 Groups Work to Join Rockport 3A Suit

• Mandatory Density Regulations: A Flawed Approach To Housing Growth?

• Cities and Towns Vote NO*

• MBTA Community Status - Town by Town

• Massachusetts Compliance Letters

• Massachusetts Emergency Regulations

• Challenge of Emergency Regulations

• The MBTA Advisory Board

Facts and Myths Presentations and Groups:

• Don't Boston My Cape Ann FACEBOOK PAGE

  • "Oh, what a tangled web we weave..." The Origin of Gloucester's Opposition

• Cape Ann MBTA Zoning Facts and Myth Presentation*

• Rockport MBTA Zoning Facts and Myths Presentation*

• Ipswich MBTA Communities PowerPoint

• Ipswish MBTA Communitites PowerPoint*

• Rescue Rowley

• Hamilton MBTA Zoning Facts and Myths Presentation*

• MBTA Multi-family Communities: (No Thanks, Keep Your Grant Money) FACEBOOK PAGE

• All About the MBTA Communities Act 3A (Episode 1)*

• All About the MBTA Communities Act 3A (Episode 2)

• Shrewsbury MBTA Presentation

• Shrewsbury MBTA Fact Sheet

• Various Discussions on the MBTA Communities Act (3A)*

Behind Expensive Rents:

• The Big Housing Lie*

• NO Empirical Evidence of a Housing Crisis

• Housing Crisis Or Developer Cash Grab?

• RealPage Algorithm: Old Fashion Price Fixing Using New Technology*

• The Real Issue: Corporate Owned Housing Communities*

  • The American Dream: A Home Of Your Own, Not A Corporate Rental Trap

• NYC RE Investment Firm's Recent Rental Property Acquisitions in Beverly

The Master Plan:

• Multi-Family Overlay Districts (MFOD) and the MBTA

• Transit Overlay Districts

• The BIG plan: Metro Common 2050

• Agenda for the 21st Century*

*Indicates Video