'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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Cambridge and Somerville renew push for triple-decker development, dense residential projects
Somerville is relying in part on a renewal of triple-unit projects to help it meet requirements of the MBTA Communities Act. -
An overlooked result of the housing crisis? Renters stuck in shoddy apartments.
Many tenants are settling for poor conditions because landlords aren’t maintaining their units and there’s nowhere else to go. -
DOJ accuses real estate software company of helping landlords collude to raise rents
The lawsuit says RealPage's algorithmic pricing software lets landlords effectively collude and set rents above market rate. The Texas-based company has denied the allegations. -
Tips to avoid apartment rental scams in Massachusetts
Scams on Facebook and Craigslist can lead to losing money — and even identity fraud. -
Massachusetts tenants may now get the chance to wipe their eviction records
Eviction sealing is part of the Massachusetts Legislature's newly passed housing bond bill.
