Public Housing Vacancies
Mass. fined local housing authorities $4 million for leaving units empty. But most were forgiven, or forgotten
The fines are one of the state's main tools to push local housing agencies to fill empty units, but they were largely meaningless for years because the state failed to...
Without a home, a cancer patient on the waitlist for public housing puts off surgery
Deb Libby applied for a place to live in the state's public housing system, which has many empty apartments, according to a WBUR and ProPublica investigation. The state has since...
Gov. Healey pitches $4.1 billion plan to deal with affordable housing crisis
The governor's proposal includes $1.6 billion to renovate the state's aging and dilapidated public housing stock as well as tax breaks and other changes to boost affordable housing. It will...
Mass. launches '90-day push' to fill vacancies in state public housing
Massachusetts housing officials launched a new initiative to fill empty units in state public housing. The move follows a report by WBUR and ProPublica that uncovered nearly 2,300 vacancies statewide.
7 takeaways from WBUR and ProPublica’s investigation of vacancies in state public housing
State-subsidized apartments across Massachusetts are sitting empty, despite the shortage of affordable housing across the state, according to a new investigation by WBUR and ProPublica.
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Mass. has a huge waitlist for state-funded housing. So why are 2,300 units vacant?
As Massachusetts grapples with a housing crisis, 184,000 people have applied for a home in the state's public housing system. Yet, units sit vacant for years because of the state's...