State Representative Dave DeCoste is your voice on Beacon Hill.His family has lived in Norwell for over 50 years, and Dave attended Norwell Public Schools, graduating from Norwell High School.Dave is a graduate of Northeastern University with degrees in both accounting and finance. He later earned a graduate degree in Financial Economics from Boston University and serves his alma mater as an instructor in their Metropolitan College.
As currently written, Chapter 40B allows developers to disregard local zoning and impose outsized and often poorly conceived housing projects within municipalities. I support the complete repeal of this law and allow the free market to address current housing needs. The law should be amended at the very least to:
• Allow communities to count manufactured housing as rental units.
• Include the ability to take into account the environmental impact of large developments, especially as regards the impact on aquifers, before approval is granted.
• Provide for thorough audits of developers once projects are complete to assure that each project is in compliance with statutory to include significant penalties.