A blueprint for achieving housing abundance, stability, and affordability
A blueprint for abundance, affordability, and competitiveness
The Healey-Driscoll Administration believes that with bold and cooperative action, Massachusetts can solve its housing crisis. This plan provides a blueprint for achieving a state of abundance, affordability, stability, and economic competitiveness.
The strategies presented here are rooted in the analysis of the Needs Assessment and guided by the input of over 3,000 people who attended dozens of meetings across the state not to rehash the causes or admire the problem, but to make a plan for action. This plan is a blueprint for that action.
A Home for Everyone sets a goal of adding 222,000 homes to the supply over the next ten years. One key strategy of this plan seeks to achieve Housing Abundance by addressing the cost and constraints on new homes.
Every home lost to natural hazards, seasonal use, short term rental, disrepair, or unaffordability further depletes our supply and worsens the shortage. This plan identifies ways to protect existing homes and affordability.
Housing abundance will take time, and many households need assistance today to get by, much less get ahead. This plan identifies new and expanded ways to support households with subsidies and direct supports.
A growing number of residents have unique challenges that make it hard for them to use conventional housing, even with financial support. There are many steps that can help build a stronger safety net for our most vulnerable neighbors.
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. That’s why this plan identifies concrete ways that the state, cities, towns, and others can work together for the Commonwealth.
