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On Tuesday morning, Chicopee’s Facemate facelift project will become the tallest residential building in the city, officials say. READ MORE
May 17, 2026
When the Almeda Fire tore through the Rogue Valley in Southern Oregon back in 2020, it took thousands of homes with it. The result wasn’t just a moonscape, but a housing crisis on top of an already-tight rental market. READ MORE
May 02, 2026
Governor Maura Healey and MassHousing announced that more Massachusetts residents are now eligible for $25,000 in interest-free downpayment and homebuyer assistance to help them afford to buy their first home. READ MORE
April 30, 2026
More first-time homebuyers are eligible for state help as home prices remain high. READ MORE
April 29, 2026
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced Tuesday the expansion of an existing homebuyer assistance program that will provide up to $25,000 at 0% interest with deferred payment for first-time homebuyers. READ MORE
April 20, 2026
Massachusetts leaders announced 29 Housing Choice Community designations, recognizing cities and towns that are taking steps to support housing production and provide them with exclusive access to apply for the state’s Housing Choice Grant Program. READ MORE
April 13, 2026
Town Hall was flush with pride on Monday as Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, Housing and Livable Communities Secretary Juana Matias and members of the local delegation marked the newly proclaimed “413 Day” by announcing that Gill and four other Franklin County towns earned the state’s Rural and Small Town Housing Choice Communities designation. READ MORE
April 12, 2026
For decades, Braintree has been sitting on one of the most valuable assets a town in crowded Eastern Massachusetts can possess: a big tract of barely used land. READ MORE
April 4, 2026
The long-shuttered mills across Massachusetts could be your next home. READ MORE
March 18, 2026
Eligible Massachusetts homeowners now have access to a funded second mortgage up to $250,000 for the addition of accessory dwelling units, often called tiny homes or in-law suites, on their property. READ MORE
February 18, 2026
The state will invest over $140 million in the creation of more than a thousand homes across the state, the Healey administration announced Wednesday — funding another round of affordable residences and transforming vacant commercial buildings through two state programs. READ MORE
February 17, 2026
More than $140 million in funding will go toward building affordable housing across the state, and toward turning vacant commercial buildings into new homes, Gov. Maura Healey said Tuesday. READ MORE
December 10, 2025
The Healey administration rolled out a new plan on Wednesday aimed at making it easier to build accessory dwelling units under a 2024 law that authorized them statewide. READ MORE
November 13, 2025
The town of Chatham is doing what may be a first for a Cape Cod municipality: buying a single-family home and reselling it for affordable housing. READ MORE
October 28, 2025
A new kind of home arrived in Billerica overnight—delivered in two modular boxes and craned into place by morning. By the end of the day, the structure was waterproof and ready to walk through. READ MORE
September 23, 2025
A nonprofit advocacy group backed by Democratic Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll has launched a $250,000 online advertising blitz focusing on a trio of housing-related issues. READ MORE
April 28, 2025
The former Facemate property is getting a facelift. On Monday, a handful of contractors were at work on the property at 75 West Main St., cutting down trees and eyeing blueprints. READ MORE
April 24, 2025
Gloucester voters approved a multifamily zoning ordinance and other changes meant to bring the city in line with the controversial state MBTA Communities Act, during a special election Thursday. READ MORE
February 6, 2025
Governor Maura Healey unveiled her plan to ease the housing crisis at the State House Thursday, calling for 222,000 new housing units to be built in Massachusetts within the next decade. READ MORE
December 3, 2024
On Lexington’s Bedford Street, where big single- and two-family homes dot a streetscape framed by leafy trees, the newest addition to the neighborhood is a construction zone. READ MORE
July 2, 2024
The program allows for up to $30 million a year to be given to those who build and renovate housing projects. This year, projects in 11 cities received money, including a handful of central and western Massachusetts projects. READ MORE
May 28, 2024
Finding room for housing is no easy task in Massachusetts, but local leaders across the Commonwealth are looking for opportunities wherever they might be. READ MORE
May 19, 2024
WBZ-TV political analyst Jon Keller talked to Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll about the state’s housing crisis. READ MORE
May 16, 2024
The governor and the lieutenant governor have set up a nonprofit called One Commonwealth Inc. to provide grassroots support in pro-housing efforts at the town level. READ MORE