Advocates say vacant properties are “low-hanging fruit” when it comes to addressing Massachusetts’ dire housing shortage.

Two-thirds of former Massachusetts residents who moved to Florida or New Hampshire said their primary reason was the state’s high cost of living, according to a new survey by the business group Mass ...

Cambridge will now allow buildings up to six stories to be built in neighborhoods across the city, a plan designed to help ...

Massachusetts state senators are expected to vote on a bill that would dole out $425 million to keep the state's emergency ...

Gov. Maura Healey’s administration has spent nearly $500 million on the state-run shelter system in fiscal year 2025, ...

The reform, championed by Councilors Burhan Azeem and Sumbul Siddiqui, is one of the most ambitious changes to any city’s ...

Winhall, Jamaica, Londonderry and Weston are working together to solve a shortage of affordable or workforce housing. At a ...

"Depending on who you are, this might sound scary or exciting," a city councilor said. "In reality, I think it's reasonable." ...

AUDIT OR NOT IT — It’s been 756 days since state Auditor Diana DiZoglio was sworn into office and 708 since she first attempted to launch an audit of the Legislature.

On Thursday, the Essex County Community Organization will invite the community to weigh in on which of the group’s four potential housing campaigns to prioritize.

Top Senate Democrats are on board with many of the changes to the overburdened family shelter system that the House included ...

The Cambridge City Council Monday approved a measure that eliminates single family zoning and clears the way for increased ...