Community preservation act in Boston
Subtitle: imperfect act comes at difficult time
Published: 2001
Language: eng
Subjects: Ballot Questions; Property tax; Proposition 2 1/2; Taxation; Rates and tables; Housing; Law and legislation; Proposed; Community Preservation Act (CPA); Historic preservation; Open spaces; Real property tax
Other titles: Special report no. 2-01.
Description: Discusses the Community Preservation Act (CPA), an act to add a 2% surcharge on annual real estate taxes; these funds would be used to support only the special purposes of affordable housing, open space, and historic preservation...  Summarizes and critiques Question 1, Community Preservation Act, on the ballot in the November 6, 2001 election...