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 almost any metric – and researchers looked at more than a few in a new 122-page report – the region’s housing market remains in dire condition for renters and prospective homeowners.
A deep dive into the affordable housing sector in Greater Boston has found suburban towns and cities are not only producing very little affordable housing, they are erecting barriers that keep families of color out.
A new analysis of housing production in Greater Boston suggests that, despite the forest of cranes across the area, the region is still well behind targets aimed at meeting the region’s demand for shelter.
A new report from The Boston Foundation and the UMass Donahue Institute is calling for the state rental assistance infrastructure built up during the COVID-19 pandemic to be maintained once the current package of federal COVID aid expires.
The 2010s saw lots of talk about the desperate need for more housing in Greater Boston. So, with the decade officially at an end, just how did we do? Unfortunately, not too hot.
A new report assessing the state of Greater Boston’s housing market finds that the region is making little progress in changing the region’s long-standing trends in racial segregation.
