'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 moves toward elimination of single family–only zoning
City's housing committee to draft zoning changes intended to encourage more apartment buildings and affordable housing options. -
New loan program will help Massachusetts homeowners go green
Loans of up to $100,000 will be available for projects that cut a home’s energy usage by 20%, including heat pumps, rooftop solar panels and more. -
'I'm not trying to stop the water': Some homeowners let floodwaters in, but most try to keep it out
With more precipitation in New England — and more intense storms — property owners are taking action to prevent flooding. But for some, the best choices may seem counterintuitive. -
Worcester public housing community receives high inspection score, despite complaints
The inspection in early March came as multiple Massachusetts agencies continued to look into complaints of improper living and working conditions at complexes run by the Worcester Housing Authority. -
Latino families are a fast-growing group in Mass. Why are so few able to buy homes?
Just 33% of Latino residents own homes, a GBH News/CommonWealth Beacon poll conducted by the MassINC Polling group shows.
