Voters approve housing bond measures but reject easing lot-size and environmental rules

By: Robbie Sequeira

Outlets: Stateline

Published: November 9, 2026

Words: 494

Last Updated: 3 hours, 3 minutes ago

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Voters in California, Hawaii and Rhode Island gave the go-ahead last week for bond measures aimed at boosting the housing supply and homeownership. But a California measure to cut back on the state’s decades-old environmental law to spur housing development and a Massachusetts proposal to loosen minimum lot-size rules both failed.

Massachusetts’ Question 7, a ballot measure that would have overridden local zoning rules and allowed single-family homes on smaller …

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