If passed, legalizing smaller lot sizes is estimated to generate 2,200 to 5,700 new homes per year statewide — not a huge amount, but enough to gently ease housing pressure in many communities. The post Question 7 will provide more housing options appeared first on The New Bedford Light.

Smaller lots reduce land cost, so they should produce less expensive homes. Sometimes they do. But smaller lots do not require cheaper homes, and often that's not what gets built.