Priced Out
Competition for housing has driven up home prices to record levels across Massachusetts. Some of the biggest gains have happened in communities where residents can least afford to pay more. GBH News is exploring the impact in the series Priced Out: The fight for housing in Massachusetts.
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Mobile homes in a city? The Boston Trailer Park is an affordable surprise
Once stigmatized, manufactured housing is increasingly seen as a cost-effective solution to the affordable housing crisis.
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After years of waiting, renters with Section 8 vouchers encounter illegal discrimination
Would-be renters and housing researchers find vouchers are hard to get and even harder to use.
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‘Evicted’ exhibit highlights lives upended by housing crisis
Somerville residents say traveling exhibit mirrors their struggles to stay housed.
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Massachusetts renters are fighting for the right to buy their buildings
A local land trust tried, but failed, to buy the Chinatown apartment building where Yadan Zhao and her family live.
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‘On a mountain or under the bridge’: For one Lynn family, there’s no fallback on housing
Olga Valiente is struggling to afford her apartment and worries she and her family may end up "on the mountains or under the bridge."
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Massachusetts' high housing costs are pushing out workers
Employers worry the price of housing will hurt the state's economy.
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A no-fault eviction sends a Weymouth teacher to the brink of homelessness
Kimberly O’Connor has advice for anyone who receives an eviction notice: “do not leave your apartment until you have someplace else to go.”
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Renters in Greater Boston are offering above asking price to get a lease
As the Sept. 1 move-in date approaches, brokers say the market is more competitive than ever.
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New East Boston affordable housing effort would be the first of its kind on East Coast
City councilors seeking $1 million in pandemic relief funds to support a community ownership model for affordable rentals.
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One woman's fight against sky-high rents
East Boston has become increasingly attractive to investors over the past decade, leading to sky-high rents and constant construction. Longtime resident Frances Amador wonders how much longer she’ll be able to stay.
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Mobile homes in a city? The Boston Trailer Park is an affordable surprise
Once stigmatized, manufactured housing is increasingly seen as a cost-effective solution to the affordable housing crisis. -
After years of waiting, renters with Section 8 vouchers encounter illegal discrimination
Would-be renters and housing researchers find vouchers are hard to get and even harder to use. -
‘Evicted’ exhibit highlights lives upended by housing crisis
Somerville residents say traveling exhibit mirrors their struggles to stay housed. -
Massachusetts renters are fighting for the right to buy their buildings
A local land trust tried, but failed, to buy the Chinatown apartment building where Yadan Zhao and her family live. -
‘On a mountain or under the bridge’: For one Lynn family, there’s no fallback on housing
Olga Valiente is struggling to afford her apartment and worries she and her family may end up "on the mountains or under the bridge." -
Massachusetts' high housing costs are pushing out workers
Employers worry the price of housing will hurt the state's economy. -
A no-fault eviction sends a Weymouth teacher to the brink of homelessness
Kimberly O’Connor has advice for anyone who receives an eviction notice: “do not leave your apartment until you have someplace else to go.” -
Renters in Greater Boston are offering above asking price to get a lease
As the Sept. 1 move-in date approaches, brokers say the market is more competitive than ever. -
New East Boston affordable housing effort would be the first of its kind on East Coast
City councilors seeking $1 million in pandemic relief funds to support a community ownership model for affordable rentals. -
One woman's fight against sky-high rents
East Boston has become increasingly attractive to investors over the past decade, leading to sky-high rents and constant construction. Longtime resident Frances Amador wonders how much longer she’ll be able to stay.
