by Sam Minton | Jan 29, 2025
Local low-income housing providers are left wondering if they will be able to make upcoming payments as early as next month, and numerous down payment assistance programs could also be impacted.
by James Sanna | Nov 22, 2024
State officials cheered the news Friday that over 100 towns and cities in Eastern Massachusetts have now adopted zoning to comply with the MBTA Communities law instead of flouting it.
by CommonWealth Beacon | Aug 29, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris has gone further than that feel-good platitude and put a number on her housing vow, saying her administration would build 3 million additional housing units over four years if she wins November’s presidential election.
by CommonWealth Beacon | May 30, 2024
Throughout the pandemic, labor shortages and supply chain issues bedeviled Massachusetts businesses. But business leaders say the housing crisis in Massachusetts is now the major existential threat to the state’s competitiveness.
by State House News Service | Jan 30, 2024
Gov. Maura Healey is still waiting for the legislature to act on her big housing bill, but she paused Monday to swear in two panels of developers, municipal leaders and advocates Monday, charged with charting more housing production reforms.
by James Sanna | Oct 18, 2023
For some of the key players in the debate over how to fix the state’s soaring housing costs, Gov. Maura Healey’s $4.1 billion package of policies and spending, unveiled Wednesday, comes down to whether or not it’s a good compromise.
by Banker & Tradesman | Sep 17, 2023
The state’s pervasive housing problems need a three-pronged approach that adds more housing subsidies and prioritizes the needs of our most vulnerable neighbors.
by James Sanna | Jun 22, 2023
Packaged in a $14 billion infrastructure plan the Healey administration announced Thursday morning are hundreds of millions of dollars worth of new housing investments.
by James Sanna | May 15, 2023
Gov. Maura Healey has named former Worcester City Manager Ed Augustus as the state’s first housing secretary in 30 years.
by Banker & Tradesman | Mar 19, 2023
Restrictive zoning has locked many out of opportunity, with dire consequences for our communities and our environment.
by Steve Adams | Mar 19, 2023
Silicon Valley Bank’s failure is creating a potential gap in financing for Massachusetts affordable housing projects and risks for commercial landlords that have a concentration of tech and life science tenants.
by James Sanna | Dec 14, 2022
Fewer than half of those who need housing assistance get it in Massachusetts thanks to shortfalls in state funding, a new report says, but a new approach to rental aid could fix this while helping drive solutions to the housing crisis.
by Banker & Tradesman | Nov 20, 2022
Governor-elect Maura Healey has indicated housing will be a top priority for her administration. A new, statewide Office of Fair Housing should be a part of that to help make Massachusetts fairer for everyone.
by State House News Service | Oct 19, 2022
Housing advocates warned Tuesday that a Baker administration policy limiting rental aid eligibility has put help out of reach for tenants who are struggling to make ends meet, urging lawmakers to intervene and unwind the measure in the coming weeks.
by Banker & Tradesman | Sep 12, 2022
Low- and moderate-income homebuyers in Massachusetts have a new tool that will connect them with resources to manage different stages of the homebuying process.
by James Sanna | Aug 11, 2022
Several Boston suburbs will their required multifamily zoning districts shrink under the state’s MBTA Communities zoning reform. But advocates say compromise regulations are still valuable progress.
by James Sanna | Aug 2, 2022
Hundreds of millions of dollars in housing investments are in limbo after state legislators held off on finalizing a popular economic development bill Sunday night.
by Scott Van Voorhis | Jul 10, 2022
Beacon Hill is sitting on a mountain of federal cash. And House and Senate leaders are inexplicably giving the brush-off to calls to devote much of it to affordable housing production even as prices and rents are skyrocketing.
by Banker & Tradesman | Mar 27, 2022
Returning to “normal” shouldn’t mean skyrocketing rents and home prices. Yet, that’s what we’re seeing happen across the state. It’s time we put the lessons learned over the last two years into practice to fix the housing crisis.
by Banker & Tradesman | Mar 6, 2022
Banker & Tradesman’s editorial board is right to underscore the legislative urgency of this moment. The impacts of the pandemic and the damaging legacy of racial injustice continue to put our entire commonwealth’s future at risk.