'Every bit helps': Chatham tries a new model for affordable housing
The town's purchase of a single-family home for affordable housing could become a model for other towns. But the deal hinged on altruistic homeowners selling their house to the Chatham Affordable Housing Trust well below market rate.
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Massachusetts lags in housing production despite units added in Healey’s term
More than 90,000 housing units have been completed or entered development since Gov. Maura Healey took office, she said Wednesday, chipping away at the state’s estimated need for 220,000 homes by the end of the decade. -
Massachusetts home sales, prices continue to rise in June
Single-family home sales were up 5.5% across Massachusetts in June and, at the halfway point in 2025, are up 3% over the same stretch last year, real estate market analysts said Tuesday. -
A veterans housing project almost fell through amid funding cuts and tariffs
The Worcester County renovation effort is back on track thanks to the state agreeing to fill gaps created by — and in response to — the Trump administration's policies. -
New England's first public housing complex is getting a makeover
All 1,016 units at the Mary Ellen MacCormack housing development in South Boston will be replaced over the course of two decades. -
Median home sale price clears $666,000 in Massachusetts
The median sale price for a single-family home in Massachusetts climbed in May to a number that might be a fitting representation of the devilish process of trying to buy a home here: just more than $666,000.
Priced Out
Competition for housing has driven up home prices to record levels across Massachusetts. Some of the biggest gains have happened in communities where residents can least afford to pay more. GBH News is exploring the impact in the series Priced Out: The fight for housing in Massachusetts.
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Healey on emergency shelters: 'We're at capacity'
The governor took questions on Boston Public Radio about the migrant crisis, housing and abortion protections. -
‘The ones serving you coffee’: Number of unaccompanied homeless youth rises post-pandemic
Nearly 1,800 young people were identified as unaccompanied and homeless during the school year that ended last June — a rise attributed to the high cost of housing, a surge in migrants and more. -
New Brighton seniors’ facility adds dozens of units to let residents age ‘with dignity’
Boston Housing Authority and 2Life Communities opened the affordable senior living community on Chestnut Hill Avenue. -
Massachusetts launches program to help turn office buildings into housing
Not all office buildings can become apartments, so MassHousing's Commercial Conversion Initiative will help municipalities find good candidates. -
Mass. officials push to pass legislation, open new units to combat housing crisis
Lawmakers hammered their top priorities at the State House Thursday for a Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless Legislative Action Day.
