马萨诸塞州第7号提案被否决：首套房小地块计划以50.6%对49.4%落败
美联社 11 月 6 日判定，马萨诸塞州选民否决了第 7 号提案—该提案拟放宽独栋住宅的最小地块面积，以增加首套房供应。按约 99% 的计票，反对票以 50.6% 对 49.4% 获胜，得票 1,287,917 票对 1,255,595 票，相差 32,322 票；最终计票尚未认证。
第 7 号提案拟规定，各市镇不得要求独栋住宅的地块超过 5,000 平方英尺（约 465 平方米），临街面不得少于 50 英尺（约 15 米），且地块须接入公共供水与排污系统。支持者称，该州住房缺口达 22 万套，提案有助于建造更多首套房；塔夫茨大学的一项研究估计，提案通过后头十年可净增 3,500 至 12,000 套住房。
投票结果呈现城乡反差：波士顿以约 69% 的支持率投下赞成票（119,998 票对 53,286 票），但波士顿实行独立的分区法规，不受该州分区法约束，提案即使通过也不会改变波士顿市内的规则；全州 351 个市镇中有 274 个投了反对票。州长莫拉·希利与波士顿市长吴弭均支持该提案，马萨诸塞州市政协会则带头反对。
Massachusetts Voters Reject Question 7: Starter-Home Lot Plan Falls 50.6% to 49.4%
The Associated Press projected on Friday, November 6, that Massachusetts voters rejected Question 7, a ballot measure that would have eased minimum lot sizes for single-family homes to increase the supply of starter homes. With about 99 percent of the expected vote counted, the No side led 50.6 percent to 49.4 percent — 1,287,917 votes to 1,255,595, a gap of 32,322 votes. The final count has not yet been certified.
Question 7 would have barred cities and towns from requiring more than 5,000 square feet for a single-family home lot, with at least 50 feet of street frontage and access to public water and sewer services. Supporters said the state faces a housing shortage of 220,000 homes and argued the measure would help builders construct more starter homes; a Tufts University study estimated it could create between 3,500 and 12,000 net new homes in its first decade.
The vote split along geographic lines. Boston voted Yes by more than 2 to 1 — 119,998 to 53,286, about 69 percent — but Boston runs on its own zoning code outside the state zoning act the question would have amended, so the measure would not have changed the rules inside the city either way. Across the state, 274 of 351 cities and towns voted No. Gov. Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu backed the measure, while the Massachusetts Municipal Association led the opposition.
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