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Background: Property Tax Foreclosure Timeline

When homeowners fail to pay property taxes, a municipality may place a tax lien on the property and possibly offer the property up for sale at an auction to help […]

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Parking Requirements Preventing Redevelopment and Reuse

What’s the Problem? Communities trying to revitalize an existing downtown or neighborhood center or trying to encourage adaptive reuse of historic buildings may find that the combination of minimum parking […]

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Medical Marijuana: Legal Resources for Municipalities

Introduction In November 2012, Massachusetts voters approved Ballot Question 3, which asked “Should the state eliminate criminal and civil penalties for the use of marijuana by qualifying patients who have […]

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