Developer Says Mass. City Can't Tie Permits To Rent Caps

By Julie Manganis ( August 27, 2026, 6:40 PM EDT) -- A developer seeking to build a mixed-use mid-rise in Cambridge, Massachusetts, says the city is unlawfully withholding its building permit unless the developer meets affordable-housing requirements and pays a $450,000 permit fee under an inclusionary housing ordinance, according to a complaint filed Thursday in state court....

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