Help

Update on Accessory Dwelling Units in Massachusetts

Context, history, and primer on the terms and requirements of the ADU amendment to the Massachusetts Zoning Act

  • Product Number: 2260178P01
  • CLE Credits, earn up to:
    1.5 substantive credits, 0 ethics credits CLE Credit Note
  • Print Brochure
  • Add to Favorites List
  • Remind Me Later ⓘSign up to receive a reminder one week prior to program.

Interested in Update on Accessory Dwelling Units in Massachusetts but not sure you can make it?

Sign up to receive an automatic reminder one week before the program date.

Email

No Thanks.Submit

Choose Date/Location:

Add to Cart
  • Product Description
  • Agenda & Materials
  • Faculty
  • Pricing
  • Product Description

    Product Description

    Amidst the housing affordability crisis in Massachusetts and across the country, zoning reform has increasingly become a hot legal topic and matter of significant public discourse. A key component—a relatively uncontroversial, low-hanging fruit, often initial focus—of zoning reform has been accessory dwelling units (ADUs). In recent years, the Commonwealth has followed other jurisdictions, such as California, in loosening state-wide zoning standards for ADUs, to help ameliorate the housing crisis. These efforts came to fruition in August 2024, when the Healey-Driscoll Administration’s Affordable Housing Act was enacted and signed into law. This law mandates that ADUs must be as-of-right under local zoning statewide. This program covers the greater context and history of ADU reform, and provides a primer as to the precise terms and requirements of the 2024 ADU amendment to the state Zoning Act, G.L. c. 40A.

    PROGRAM SPONSOR

  • Agenda

    Agenda & Materials

    Please Note

    MCLE webcasts are delivered completely online, underscoring their convenience and appeal. There are no published print materials. All written materials are available electronically only. They are posted 24 hours prior to the program and can be accessed, downloaded, or printed from your computer.

  • Faculty

    Chair

    Nicholas P. Shapiro, Esq., Phillips & Angley, Boston

    Faculty

    Kathleen M. Heyer, Esq., Pierce Atwood LLP, Boston
  • Pricing

    Fees

    • $157.50 - MCLE Sponsor Member
    • $87.50 - New Lawyer
    • $87.50 - Pending Admittee
    • $87.50 - Law Student
    • $87.50 - Paralegal
    • $175.00 - All Others
    To apply for a need-based scholarship for this program, email scholarships@mcle.org.
TOP