Bill
HD 1876
Massachusetts bill establishing Plymouth town land bank to acquire and repurpose tax-foreclosed properties for community development and housing initiatives.
HD 1876 establishes a land bank entity for the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts, enabling the municipality to acquire, hold, and manage tax-foreclosed and other properties for public benefit. Land banks are tools that allow towns to remove blighted properties from the tax foreclosure cycle and repurpose them for community development, affordable housing, or open space.
Land banks address a practical problem: properties that are abandoned or deteriorating often cycle through tax foreclosures without productive reuse, creating neighborhood blight and lost tax revenue. By creating a dedicated entity to manage these properties, Plymouth gains flexibility to develop them strategically rather than losing them to speculative investors or allowing them to remain vacant. This is particularly relevant in older New England towns facing demographic shifts and housing affordability challenges.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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