'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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What's at stake as Needham votes on Mass. housing law?
Greg Reibman of the Charles River Regional Chamber says the zoning changes from the law would help with the housing crunch, along with boosts for local shops and restaurants. -
Renters wouldn’t automatically pay broker fees in Mass. anymore under governor’s new proposal
Maura Healey’s plan could save renters thousands of dollars, but doesn't come as a surprise. -
Boston, Cambridge and Somerville councilors join forces to reform broker fees
Brokers are usually hired by landlords, but in Massachusetts, tenants often end up paying for the service. -
Advocates implore Healey to veto shield for Roxbury nonprofit accused of predatory lending
BlueHub Capital CEO Elyse Cherry says they help people who would otherwise be out of a home. -
Boston is one of the last places to allow renter-paid broker fees
New York City ban raises the question— should there be a change?
