A ballot measure in Massachusetts meant to make it easier to build starter homes will provide a test case for directly asking voters to increase the housing supply to address the affordability problem afflicting the nation.

The referendum, Question 7, asks voters to ban localities in the Bay State from implementing large minimum lot requirements for houses, so as to allow smaller lots and more modestly sized housing to be built.

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