Clark Ziegler
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Clark Ziegler
@clarkziegler.bsky.social
Executive Director at Massachusetts Housing Partnership & founder of MHP's Center for Housing Data. Policy wonk. Aspiring meteorologist. Increasingly irrelevant elder statesman in Ipswich.
Search is now open for my position as executive director at MHP as I retire early next year. Details at www.mhp.net/careers. After 40 years I'll be 2nd to last of the MHP OG to leave the workforce, leaving it to Kate Racer to carry on for the rest of us. If you don't know MHP... 1/2
September 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This is truly a big win that has implications far beyond just the MBTA Communities law. A strong state role in establishing minimum statewide zoning standards will help ensure the growth, prosperity and affordability of the Commonwealth for years to come.

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MHP (Massachusetts Housing Partnership) on LinkedIn: MHP is pleased the Mass. Supreme Judicial Court unanimously upheld the…
MHP is pleased the Mass. Supreme Judicial Court unanimously upheld the MBTA Communities Act in a landmark ruling issued yesterday which also confirmed the…
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January 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
As Daniel Patrick Moynihan said: everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts. Here's my take on a recent GBH story about the MBTA Communities law. bit.ly/49WfUD0
Clark Ziegler on LinkedIn: What lies beneath towns may be the downfall of the MBTA Communities law
Not so fast! A GBH story today described the lack of sewer capacity as the possible "downfall" of the MBTA Communities law. The story was incomplete, at best,…
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March 9, 2024 at 1:59 PM
This story reminds me of a famous Sam Rayburn quote: "Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one." Thread 1/3 bit.ly/430POfP
‘It’s an invasion.’ In towns across Eastern Mass., resistance grows against ambitious state housing law. - The Boston Globe
The state’s new housing law challenges Massachusetts’ long, proud history of letting towns control their own zoning, and resistance is growing fast.
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March 5, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Great food for thought here! I'm proud to work for an organization that has prioritized financing for modest-scale multifamily development. We need a lot more of it. open.substack.com/pub/noahpini...
March 2, 2024 at 5:28 PM