[MassHistPres] rehab subcodes

[Aaron Marcavitch]

The building code offers LITTLE incentive for preservation.  While taking my contractor
supervisor's license class the leader specifically noted that if I were changing use (house to a
restaurant) he would just tear it down because it would need so much work.  I was appalled.

Aaron

--- Marcia  Starkey <mdstarkey at crocker.com> wrote:

> Hello, The New Jersey Rehabilitation Subcode has reportedly reduced building rehab costs by as
> much as 50%. In its first year (1998), historic rehab projects increased by 40% over the
> previous year to $510 million, and in 1999 to a 60% increase to almost $600 million. How does
> this compare with Massachusetts in terms of codes and incentive for preservation? 
> Marcia Starkey, Greenfield 
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