The rental market is cooling in Worcester, but not for everyone
The slowdown follows the construction of new apartment buildings around the city's downtown.
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Only 1 in 7 Greater Boston renters can afford a starter home, new report finds
The report offered policy recommendations on how to address the housing crisis, including funding incentives for cities and towns to increase their housing supply. -
Boston’s LGBTQ+ seniors build community in the Trump era
At a time when LGBTQ+ rights face renewed attack, the Pryde is a target and a refuge — a place where residents believe the strength of community is their most powerful tool in the ongoing fight for equality. -
Massachusetts wants to supercharge housing construction by speeding up state reviews
A streamlined process could cut an environmental review for new developments from a year or more down to 30 days. -
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.
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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What's next for Milton after Healey holds up funding over defiant housing vote?
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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. -
Half of US renters are ‘cost burdened’ by their housing, new Harvard report finds
"We're not doing enough to provide subsidies to close the gap between what people can afford and what housing costs," said Chris Herbert, the Harvard center’s managing director. -
12 Greater Boston communities face year-end deadline for zoning reform
12 cities and towns — including Brookline, Everett and Revere — are the first that have to comply with the MBTA Communities Law.
