Mansion Taxes Off the Table in Massachusetts Housing-Aid Bills

Massachusetts cities won’t be able to impose extra taxes on high-priced real estate sales as localities in Connecticut, New York, and elsewhere do, after state lawmakers rejected Gov. Maura Healey’s proposal for such levies.

As lawmakers in Boston wrap up work on a package to jump-start housing and promote affordability, they are negotiating differences between the House’s $6.5 billion bill (H.4707) and the Senate’s $5.4 billion proposal (S.2834), both of which include bond authorizations and tax credits.

But both chambers excluded a controversial measure that would have allowed local governments to impose a real ...