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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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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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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‘Evicted’ exhibit highlights lives upended by housing crisis
Somerville residents say traveling exhibit mirrors their struggles to stay housed.
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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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Massachusetts residents fight investors to keep mobile homes affordable
Mobile homes have become a pawn for investors, threatening their affordability. But residents are pushing back.
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Rising rents fuel a migration of longtime Worcester residents to small towns
Housing advocates say it's eroding Worcester’s identity as a welcoming and affordable place to live.
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An old playbook helps tenants stay housed, at least in the short term
Four years after a landlord first tried to evict her, Frances Amador remains in her East Boston apartment. Here’s how a tenant advocacy group empowered her.
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Renters who do nothing wrong still get evicted. Should they have the chance to wipe their records clean?
Erasing prior evictions could help renters land apartments.
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What happens when you lose your home at 72?
The homeless population is aging, and though it's still mostly made up of men, two Massachusetts residents illustrate why more women are struggling to stay housed.
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A lawsuit could force the state to help thousands of people with disabilities find housing
The high cost of housing is forcing thousands of people to live in nursing homes who could live on their own.
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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. -
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. -
‘Evicted’ exhibit highlights lives upended by housing crisis
Somerville residents say traveling exhibit mirrors their struggles to stay housed. -
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. -
Massachusetts residents fight investors to keep mobile homes affordable
Mobile homes have become a pawn for investors, threatening their affordability. But residents are pushing back. -
Rising rents fuel a migration of longtime Worcester residents to small towns
Housing advocates say it's eroding Worcester’s identity as a welcoming and affordable place to live. -
An old playbook helps tenants stay housed, at least in the short term
Four years after a landlord first tried to evict her, Frances Amador remains in her East Boston apartment. Here’s how a tenant advocacy group empowered her. -
Renters who do nothing wrong still get evicted. Should they have the chance to wipe their records clean?
Erasing prior evictions could help renters land apartments. -
What happens when you lose your home at 72?
The homeless population is aging, and though it's still mostly made up of men, two Massachusetts residents illustrate why more women are struggling to stay housed. -
A lawsuit could force the state to help thousands of people with disabilities find housing
The high cost of housing is forcing thousands of people to live in nursing homes who could live on their own.
