'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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‘On a mountain or under the bridge’: For one Lynn family, there’s no fallback on housing
Olga Valiente is struggling to afford her apartment and worries she and her family may end up "on the mountains or under the bridge." -
Massachusetts' high housing costs are pushing out workers
Employers worry the price of housing will hurt the state's economy. -
A no-fault eviction sends a Weymouth teacher to the brink of homelessness
Kimberly O’Connor has advice for anyone who receives an eviction notice: “do not leave your apartment until you have someplace else to go.” -
Renters in Greater Boston are offering above asking price to get a lease
As the Sept. 1 move-in date approaches, brokers say the market is more competitive than ever. -
New East Boston affordable housing effort would be the first of its kind on East Coast
City councilors seeking $1 million in pandemic relief funds to support a community ownership model for affordable rentals.
