Despite promises of a “bold” housing bill this year, with less than a month left to go, state legislators look like they’re going for singles and doubles, not home runs when it comes to the housing crisis.
A new report finds that the state is specifically lagging in building the type of houses particularly suited to young families and elder residents: small ones.
Under pressure from the Baker administration, the T slashed spending only to cause huge safety problems. With that crisis behind it, the T and Beacon Hill are taking a different approach to transit resources.
Advocates for stronger state laws allowing more housing to be built got a boost Wednesday from the Healey administration, as Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll told a crowd gathered in front of the State House that local communities have to step up and be part of the solution.
When Lynn’s only hospital shuttered in 2020, it was a devastating blow. Six years later, it’s preparing to welcome a 150-unit affordable housing community.
When it comes to the most visible sign of unaffordability in Massachusetts, it all comes down to four walls and a roof, new polling shows.
The Mass Ready Act bond bill includes a provision that would require home sellers to disclose their property’s flood history and risks to prospective buyers and money for a voluntary buyout program.
Major transit improvements may be on the horizon in Springfield, according to Meredith Slesinger, rail and transit administrator for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
Real estate industry leaders ave already warned in dire terms that imposing rent control across Massachusetts would bring housing construction to a halt and make it harder for landlords to invest in property repairs.
What the SJC will decide as it wrestles with the town of Marshfield’s lawsuit may turn on a simple, pointed line of inquiry: “What were the expenses?”
Malden and five other cities have struggled to draw investment to its blighted downtown areas. But thanks to a new partnership with MassDevelopment, locals hope that’s about to change
In the wake of a lawsuit filed last month by Attorney General Andrea Campbell, some leaders of the holdout towns are starting to openly acknowledge that this may be the end of the road for resistance to the law.
Rent control opponents have gone to court to try to stop a November ballot question that would impose one of the strictest caps on rent in the country.
“Development” is a promising word in Gateway Cities, and Everett’s new mayor just inherited a lot of it in his first few weeks in office.
At first blush, the latest budget crunch forecast at the MBTA looks like déjà vu all over again, to borrow Yogi Berra’s famous phrasing.
Representatives of “seasonal communities” on Cape Cod, the Islands and the Berkshires face steep hurdles to get financing they say is needed for new workforce housing.
After turning up their collective noses at Mayor Michelle Wu’s latest attempt to rebalance Boston’s property tax bills, Senate leaders are ready to forge ahead with their own relief plans.
A former Exxon oil storage facility on an industrial plot of land just 4 miles from downtown Boston could be Massachusetts’s ticket to a green energy future – and lower utility bills.
The most common refrain from officials and experts looking for answers to the state’s infamous housing crunch is that there are no silver bullets. But there may be a divine opportunity.
A decades-in-the-making project to transform a mostly vacant former military base south of Boston into a buzzy mixed-use development is poised for a major step forward with an assist from Beacon Hill.
