The Housing Advisory Council Planning Process

Governor Maura Healey directed the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) to develop this five-year Statewide Housing Plan, the first comprehensive look at the state’s housing needs in at least a generation. The Administration’s overarching objective is to ensure that safe, affordable, stable, appropriate, well-maintained, and sustainable housing is available to all residents of the Commonwealth. EOHLC organized thirty-four listening sessions, engaged more than three thousand stakeholders, and worked extensively with a Housing Advisory Committee that included representatives from many different sectors. An external research team conducted detailed analysis into critical topics and prepared forecasts of Massachusetts population and housing demand under various possible growth scenarios.