Edward Augustus

State government leaders in Massachusetts are trying to instigate a building boom to address a housing shortage marked by high rents and sale prices, but a top housing official is now warning that headwinds from Washington could threaten their efforts.

"If you build a nice affordable development in 10 years that's great, but by then Massachusetts's low-income residents will be living in Rhode Island," Progressive Mass Director Jonathan Cohn said.

Over the last 10 years, the reporting prowess of the Central Massachusetts paper of record has been reduced 75%, as small players try to fill the holes left behind.

Augustus, who helped to entice and clear the way for the Boston Red Sox AAA affiliate team to move from Pawtucket, R.I., to Worcester during his time as city manager, was announced Monday as one of three members of the inaugural Worcester Red Sox Hall of Fame class.

After its voters rejected a zoning plan that would put the town in compliance with the MBTA Communities Act and clear the way for more multifamily housing, Milton is now officially losing out on state funding, the Healey administration announced Wednesday morning. 

Wood Partners, a national multifamily real estate firm based in Georgia, has announced the beginning of construction...

Rising costs on everything from construction loans to building materials are slowing some projects and delaying the start of others.

Framing her new legislation as "historic" and "urgent," Gov. Maura Healey detailed her wide-ranging housing bill on Wednesday morning and speculated that its passage could provide a jolt for the 2024 construction season.

While the wait continues for a housing bond bill, the Healey administration's housing production vision is slowly coming into view, and it will feature more than 20 policy changes designed to drive up the state's lowest-in-the-nation vacancy rate, according to the state's housing secretary.

Housing Secretary Ed Augustus floated a few ideas before the Dignity Alliance Massachusetts during a "study session," where he hinted at some policies that may be included in a bond bill the administration plans to file to address the housing affordability and availability crisis in Massachusetts.