Nahant Officials Auctioning Off 12 Buildable Lots

The former site of 12 homes for Coast Guard personnel are being auctioned off by officials in Nahant starting this week, a rare chance for homebuilders to develop new properties in the exclusive North Shore town perched on a rocky outcrop in the Atlantic Ocean.

Report: Lack Of Diversity Hampering Housing Production

The process for approving new housing development in communities across Massachusetts is “skewed toward an older, white population with the greatest interest in obstructing new development,” according to a new report assembled by two Boston University researchers and released Wednesday by The Boston Foundation.