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Massachusetts unveils first statewide housing plan, sets 222,000-unit target by 2035
Summary
Governor Maura Healey and state housing officials on Wednesday unveiled "A Home for All," the state's first comprehensive housing plan, setting a target to produce or preserve 222,000 homes by 2035 and highlighting recent policy and funding changes including ADU legalization and the Affordable Homes Act.
Governor Maura Healey on Wednesday unveiled "A Home for All," the first comprehensive statewide housing plan in Massachusetts history and set a target to produce or preserve 222,000 housing units by 2035.
The plan, assembled by the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities with input from more than 3,000 residents and a Housing Advisory Council, lays out region-specific needs and strategies the administration says are intended to bring housing online faster and reduce costs. "This is the first time this kind of comprehensive statewide planning for housing has ever been done in Massachusetts history," Healey said.
The release highlights several policies and recent actions the administration says will help meet the target: the Affordable Homes Act (which the administration described as unlocking roughly $5.2 billion in opportunity), a new statewide allowance for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) that the administration says could unlock about 10,000 units, and…
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