As the school year kicks off, local school districts have been “blindsided” by new students who are staying at a shelter ...

A refurbished factory in Springfield, now home to mason square residents in need of affordable housing. We’re getting answers ...

The Massachusetts Competitive Index ranks the state’s strengths and weaknesses by 26 measures. Spoiler: We're in the middle ...

"The cost to Massachusetts taxpayers of temporary housing and shelters is enormous, but it pales in comparison to the costs that will accumulate in the future if those in the temporary shelters today ...

Maintaining and improving existing public housing properties is an ongoing challenge for local housing authorities with limited resources, an issue that housing advocates and professionals are hopeful ...

Signed into law earlier this month, the state's Affordable Homes Act greenlighted construction of accessory dwelling units, ...

Many tenants are settling for poor conditions because landlords aren’t maintaining their units and there’s nowhere else to go ...

Justice Dept., eight states, and tenants allege that RealPage software violated antitrust statutes and helped landlords drive ...

It’s sad that middle-class Bay Staters weren’t paying attention to unaffordability as it swamped the working poor, then the working class. But it’s still coming for their own children despite recent ...

A Massachusetts agency’s policy of denying emergency shelter to homeless families if they can’t produce identification and verification of their familial relationship is likely owed deference because ...

It's been three years since U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan and the Taliban took over. Tens of thousands of Afghan ...

SPRINGFIELD — For decades the Brightwood School was a safe haven for thousands of children. Now it will be turned into ...