'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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Eight Mass. cities and towns launch new joint program to combat homelessness
The program is slated to begin in April and run over the next four years, officials said. -
Residents shiver in their own homes as they struggle to stay warm during Mass. winters
Renters and homeowners alike report wearing three layers of clothing and using their ovens and stoves for heat. -
What's next for Milton after Healey holds up funding over defiant housing vote?
The town's defiance could set a precedent for other communities. -
Worcester Housing Authority being investigated for living and working conditions
State officials have received complaints about working and living conditions. -
There are even fewer affordable apartments in Massachusetts than we thought, according to new data
The data dashboard released Tuesday by the nonprofit group Housing Navigator Massachusetts shows that the state has tens of thousands fewer affordable homes than listed in its official inventory. And the data suggest some higher-income communities are using affordable housing policies in racially and economically exclusionary ways.
