Massachusetts' Comprehensive Housing Plan for 2025 - 2029
A Housing Plan for the Commonwealth
A comprehensive look at our housing challenges and how to solve for them
Massachusetts has had a housing crisis for decades, but it has never had a comprehensive statewide housing plan -- until now. As part of her effort to tackle the short supply and high prices of housing in Massachusetts, Governor Maura Healey directed the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities to prepare a plan to address the housing crisis.
Working with people from every sector and region, EOHLC created A Home for Everyone, which explores all aspects of the state’s housing landscape and outlines key strategies to create a more affordable Commonwealth. On this website you can learn about the state’s housing needs, access resources about specific topics, get regional snapshots, and find out what needs to be done.
The Needs Assessment presents information about current conditions, existing households, ongoing challenges, emerging risks, and future housing needs. It estimates that Massachusetts needs to add 222,000 homes to the supply from 2025 – 2035 to meet growing demand and prevent runaway home prices.
The Key Strategies section of the plan outlines how to tackle this crisis with short- and long-term actions to achieve housing abundance, preserve the homes we have, support struggling households; and create a stronger safety net for our vulnerable neighbors.
The Resource Library provides in-depth reports and explainers on important topics as well as data briefs that supplement the Needs Assessment.
The Regional Snapshots provide drill-down data for each region and EOHLC’s summaries of key housing issues and relevant strategies.
The Healey Driscoll Administration believes that tackling our housing crisis isn’t just an ‘all of government’ task—it’s ‘all of Massachusetts.’ Every community, stakeholder, and sector has a role to play. This plan provides the blueprint for collective action. Now let’s get to work building a home for everyone.
73%Since the year 2000, median home prices have increased by 73% while median household income increased by only 4%
$4B+The state’s public housing housing portfolio has a $4+ billion dollar capital backlog and needs significant investments to remain habitable, healthy, accessible, resilient, and efficient.
222KEOHLC forecasts the state needs to add 222,000 homes to the supply by 2035 to meet growing demand and stablize prices.
250K250,000 homes with three or more bedrooms are occupied by one or two people over the age of 70
Strategies to create a better future
How do we address this challenge?
The Healey-Driscoll Administration has prioritized meeting the moment with bold and unprecedented action around housing development, preservation, and stability. There is no single solution or responsible party that can accomplish the goal of producing 222,000 new homes to move Massachusetts from the current state of crisis to a future state of housing abundance, affordability, and economic competitiveness.
