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05.17.2026
For kids in public housing, connections to higher-income neighbors can lead to increased earnings
Revitalized developments reduce social isolation — and increase lifetime earnings, Harvard research shows by Katie Johnson, Globe Staff Isabel Moreta […]
05.06.2026
For Mass. residents, housing is where affordability hits hardest
New poll finds housing prices eating household budgets, and homeownership feels out of reach By Jennifer Smith, The Commonwealth Beacon […]
04.23.2026
New Center Bridges Affordable Housing and Health Care
By Donna Kimura Affordable Housing Finance A new initiative is focused on aligning the separate—yet deeply connected—worlds of affordable housing and […]
04.23.2026
Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $12.8 Million for Housing, Economic Opportunity and Development
Tax credits will provide flexible funding to 52 community-based organizations advancing housing, neighborhood investment and economic mobility Link to Article […]
04.02.2026
Calls for Housing Assistance Surge
By AHF Staff Affordable Housing Finance Referrals for housing assistance reached an all-time high of 6 million last year, marking a […]
03.11.2026
Affordable housing project at Washington Street nursing home undergoing redesign
By Bobby Grady at The Gloucester Times Two housing developers are teaming up and looking to turn a vacant nursing home […]
03.05.2026
How to Make the Case for Supportive Housing
As federal funding for homelessness programs is threatened, housing advocates are combining large-scale research and case-level data to show why […]
02.17.2026
Governor Healey Announces Over $140 Million to Create More Than 1,300 New Homes Statewide
Commercial Conversion Tax Credits will turn vacant commercial buildings into 339 new homes; Affordable Housing Development awards will support 1,008 […]
02.15.2026
The state wants to build housing on a parking lot in Wellesley. Residents are up in arms.
A plan to build on five acres of state-owned land sparks worry about the 40-acre forest next door. By Andrew […]
01.31.2026
The MBTA Communities law was a good start. But it won’t deliver transit-oriented development – or solve our housing shortage.
By Luc Schuster, executive director of Boston Indicators, a research center at the Boston Foundation, The Commonwealth Beacon Much more […]
12.20.2025
Why we support Harborlight Homes: A Note from Margaret and Bud Ris
Margaret and Bud Ris, Gloucester, MA My brother Greg developed schizophrenia in his early twenties. After several traumatic hospitalizations, he […]
12.17.2025
Keeping private rentals cheaper is key to Mass. housing crisis, new report says
by Meghan Smith, GBH News If Massachusetts wants to make housing more affordable, it needs to help keep rents low […]
12.08.2025
1 in 3 voters say they’ve considered leaving Massachusetts — even if they want to stay. ‘Just outrageously expensive.’
Natalie Ryan is considering taking a step that would save her money while making a small but telling statement on […]
12.07.2025
Boston to Top City Libraries With Affordable Housing
By Diana Ionescu, Planetizen Three public libraries will be rebuilt or renovated to include hundreds of affordable housing units. Boston will […]
12.02.2025
Nonprofits, Cities Take HUD to Court Over CoC Policy Changes
By Donna Kimura NorthShore Magazine Nonprofit organizations and local governments have joined together to sue the Department of Housing and Urban […]
12.02.2025
Writing a new chapter, Boston stacks homes above libraries
By Troy Aidan Sambajon Staff writer In Boston, home may be where the books are. Across three neighborhoods – the West End, […]
12.01.2025
Lynnfield’s School Street Foods serves a record 25,003 meals
LYNNFIELD – School Street Foods delivered 25,003 meals during the week before Thanksgiving, soundly breaking last year’s record, according to […]
11.17.2025
Zoning overlay for Lifebridge expansion gets final OK from Salem council
By Michael McHugh at The Salem News SALEM — A new ordinance for a project-based zoning overlay to allow for the […]
11.14.2025
Salem City Council Approves Lifebridge Redevelopment Project to Address Homelessness
PRESS RELEASE Lifebridge Northshore SALEM – Salem City Council has passed a 40R zoning overlay to redevelop the Lifebridge North Shore […]
11.10.2025
Healey-Driscoll Administration awards $20 million to upgrade 1,000 housing units, lower energy costs
Fourth round of Climate Ready Housing funding awards will support deep energy retrofits and decarbonization projects Link to Article Governor […]
10.30.2025
Is a $100,000 salary enough to raise a family in Massachusetts? For some local parents, it isn’t.
By Yogev Toby, Globe Correspondent, The Boston Globe Kids played at Temple Beth Shalom Children’s Center in Needham. Scholarships help […]
10.30.2025
Why we support Harborlight Homes: A Note from Gus Serino and Danielle Ledoux
Gus Serino and Danielle Ledoux Harborlight Homes is a top-notch organization founded on the principle of the importance of home in […]
10.27.2025
Zoning overlay for Lifebridge shelter expansion receives first passage
By Michael McHugh at The Salem News SALEM — The ordinance to create a project-based zoning overlay to expand the Lifebridge […]
10.22.2025
A new report has good news and bad news for Massachusetts’ housing goals
by Nik DeCosta-Klipa, wbur News Circumstances permitting: Earlier this year, Gov. Maura Healey's administration set a goal for Massachusetts: 222,000 new homes […]