Real estate market’s still steady this spring despite cautious buyers
The real estate market in Greater Boston is staying steady amid a turbulent economy fueled by trade wars, federal funding cuts and a volatile stock market.
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Boston Housing Authority failed to meet safety requirements, federal investigators say
The report said BHA lacked sufficient staffing to inspect units and address needed repairs in a timely manner. -
Climate change drives new storm: Vineyarders consider leaving island over home insurance hikes
Locals share personal tales and agonizing choices tied to a worsening home insurance crisis in coastal Massachusetts. -
To fix Massachusetts’ housing crisis, we need to build. Here’s why that's hard.
Reasons why there’s a housing shortage? It takes a lot of time, people and money to create a new apartment building. -
Empty apartments across Massachusetts could be key to solving housing crisis
It’s usually a lot cheaper to put vacant housing units back on the market than to build new ones. -
Healey administration announces housing plan to lower costs, add supply
The plan anticipates expanding housing by 220,000 units.
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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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. -
Chinatown YMCA offering daytime services for migrant families in Boston
Migrants who are spending nights in a state office building now have a place to go during the day. -
A new apartment building helps knit a Boston community back together
Once cleared for highway, a parcel of land in Jamaica Plain is returning to the community one building at a time.
