Despite building more homes in recent years, Boston’s housing market is headed for trouble as builders pull back from seeking new permits—and renters continue to be priced out of homeownership.
The 2025 Greater Boston Housing Report Card, released by The Boston Foundation earlier this month, shows that Massachusetts has made some headway in construction, adding nearly 98,000 housing units statewide since 2020—71,000 of them in the Greater Boston metro.
This should come as welcome news to the administration of Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, who set a goal last year year to build 222,000 new homes in the Bay State by 2035 as part of the Affordable Homes Act…