State sued over Mass. rental assistance program’s paused third year

AS DEMAND FOR the state’s emergency shelter beds ballooned in early 2025, along with the strain on its homelessness prevention programs, the Healey administration asked lawmakers to provide funding for its rental subsidy program HomeBASE. The funds would continue to cover two years for eligible families, with the possibility of a third year.

Areas You May Want To Steer Clear Of If You're A Massachusetts 1st-Time Home Buyer

Buying your first home can be a very long and complicated process during which your stress levels reach maximum overload.

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This week’s featured proertHere’s what we have for you this week in The Edge Real Estate section:. Property of the Week – Karen Climo and Jessie Bennett of William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty offer an impeccably designed estate with an extraordinary combination of luxury, privacy, and views, in a perfect location.

Massachusetts city launches dashboard to track housing projects as it pursues 2030 goal

"Residents have told us they want clear, reliable information about how housing is changing in Cambridge."

IREM president’s message: The housing shortage is more than a numbers problem

New England’s housing shortage has become a familiar headline, typically with the issue being addressed in terms of supply, affordability, and public policy. But for property managers, the crisis is personal and increasingly operational. Every day, property management professionals confront the domino effects of a limited housing market: increased...

Lee reports uptick in total property valuation and construction growth, year over year

Lee — The Select Board held its classification hearing October 20 and, although the hearing’s focus was to determine whether the town would continue with its single tax rate for all classes of property—residential, open space, commercial, industrial and personal—increases in the upcoming fiscal year valuations were noted.

Units Available at Lee’s New Eagle Mill Housing Development

LEE, Mass. — Hearthway wants community members to know there are three-bedroom units available at The Lofts at Eagle Mill with little to no waitlist. The apartments at 73 West Center St. recently came online in the historic building on the banks of the Housatonic River after more than a decade of work. The first tenants began moving in last week.

This Underrated Massachusetts Town Is So Affordable You Can Comfortably Retire On Social Security Alone

Somewhere in north-central Massachusetts, there’s a town named after a fruit that somehow never gets the attention it deserves, and that town is Orange. If you’ve been scrolling through retirement guides and cost-of-living calculators wondering where your Social Security check could actually stretch far enough to cover rent, groceries, and maybe even a slice of pie, Orange, Massachusetts might just be the answer you didn’t know you were looking for.

Tenants Union Renews Push To Buy Blake Building

Tenants at a 70-unit Blake Street apartment complex rallied outside Ocean Management’s office Wednesday afternoon, demanding a new collectively bargained lease with their landlord — and renewing their push to buy the building themselves. Members of the Blake Street Tenants Union, which is renaming itself the Blake Gardens...

Glastonbury house where woman was found dead sells again for $654,888

In June 2025, an excavator unearthed the body of Mary A. Notarangelo in the home. She was initially reported missing in July 2024.

Units Available at Lee's New Eagle Mill Housing Development

LEE, Mass. — Hearthway wants community members to know there are three-bedroom units available at The Lofts at Eagle Mill with little to no waitlist. The apartments at 73 West Center St. recently came online in the historic building on the banks of the Housatonic River after more than a decade of work. The first tenants began moving in last week.

New Haven breaks ground on $32 million affordable housing development in Dwight neighborhood

Blasius Auto Group closes Brookfield and Torrington dealerships

Orders placed through the Brookfield and Torrington dealerships will be honored, and scheduled service work will be performed at those locations, Bill Palomba said.

I’m tired of paying rent...I’m looking for Real Estate - by Dennis Serpone

As we slide from the beautiful colors of the forests of the Fall to the music and festivities of the Holiday season, restaurant owners become concerned at what will 2027 bring?. As the daily cost of operating increases each month, the focus always seems to end up with the cost...

New property tax rates aren't in the spirit of Vermont

BRATTLEBORO-The recent property-tax rate change is a big one - an actual upheaval of a lot of Vermont, the biggest change of its kind I can remember in the 43 years I've lived here. I see firsthand its effect on low-income residents in my retired neighbor. who will have to...

Beyond the Hamptons: The Quiet Appeal of Sharon, Connecticut

There are towns in Litchfield County that buyers discover and then quietly tell their friends about. Sharon, Connecticut tends to work that way. People arrive for a specific reason, a school, a lake, a property they saw online, and find something harder to define once they get there. The retention rate, in the informal sense of how many buyers come once and come back, says something about the town that listing data alone does not.

Massachusetts voters to weigh ‘starter home’ zoning change on November ballot

Massachusetts voters will decide in November whether to override local zoning rules and allow single-family homes on lots as small as 5,000 square feet, a measure supporters say would spur construction of starter homes and opponents say would strip communities of control over development. The effects of Question 7 would...

Pease, Hoffman talk issues ahead of 4th Hampden District race

WESTFIELD — The Nov. 3 general election is just days away, so candidates are wrapping up their campaigns and preparing for a long day at the polls. One of the major contests in our region is for the 4th Hampden District state representative seat, which covers Southampton and most of Westfield.

Question 7 is fair because it spreads the burden of building housing

Nobody wants denser housing built only near them, so no city or town wants to be the only one that builds.