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Statewide Housing Needs Assessment

Current conditions, risks, opportunities, and future housing needs

To plan for a brighter housing future in Massachusetts, it’s essential to understand where we are today. This Needs Assessment provides a comprehensive overview of the Massachusetts housing landscape. It presents both new and previously-known data to create a foundation for understanding all aspects of housing, from demand and supply to conditions, risks, and future housing needs.  

  • To learn about who is in Massachusetts and what their housing needs are today, visit the Households section.
  • To learn about the state’s existing homes and recent trends in development, visit the Supply and Production section.
  • For information about affordability of homes and what happens when people can’t find a home they can afford, visit the Cost and Consequences section.
  • To learn about the suitability of today’s homes for different needs as well as the threats facing our current stock, visit the section on Conditions and Risks.
  • For information about future household growth and anticipated housing need across the state, visit the section on Future Housing Needs.
  • A summary of key takeways from all these sections can be found in the Key Findings section.

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Who's living in Massachusetts homes today?

Households 

Learn about the age, income tenure, and other characteristics of today's households.
What do we have? What are we building?

Supply and Production 

Explore how many homes and what kinds already exist in Massachusetts, and what are the barriers to new development.
How unaffordable is Massachusetts?

Cost and its Consequences 

Find out about current sale prices and rents, how these have changed over time, and how people cope when they can't find housing they can afford.
Are homes suitable for today and the future?

Conditions and Risks 

Find out how today's housing stock does or doesn't meet the needs of today's households, and the risks that could wipe out homes and affordability.
How many homes do we need, and where?

Future Housing Demands 

Explore scenarios for future growth and other factors driving housing demand. Learn how EOHLC arrived at a target of 222,000 new homes from 2025 - 2035.
What are the conclusions?

Key Findings  

Read up on the five key findings of the Needs Assessment which inform the strategies of A Home for Everyone.

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