Maura Healey broke new ground as the first woman and first openly gay candidate elected governor in Massachusetts, but her priorities have been firmly focused on quality-of-life and cost-of-living issues like housing and transportation.
Federal policy changes stand to make it harder for local governments to cope with housing instability and homelessness. There are some things they can do to brace for what’s coming.
Across the country, commissions are fielding protests, rejecting hikes and debating rate freezes all while rents and other bills continue to climb.
The shelters offer a stable alternative for unhoused families, which officials say reduces trauma for children and costs less than traditional foster placement.
The city joins Seattle, San Francisco, Philadelphia and Minneapolis in banning tools accused of driving coordinated rent increases nationwide.
Mayor Andre Dickens says the rapid-housing effort transforms underused watershed land into stability for vulnerable residents.
In one form or another over decades, this urban improvement program and its predecessors have found bipartisan support. But their record is mixed at best.
The bill's defeat came with promises from Democrats and Republicans alike to reintroduce a similar bill in the 2027 regular legislative session.
Labor tensions and rent-control fallout opened the door for challenger Kaohly Her, St. Paul’s incoming first Hmong American mayor.
HUD’s shift from permanent housing to short-term programs could force formerly homeless residents back onto the streets and strain local budgets.
A Georgia family’s scramble to remain in a better-funded school system shows how costly leases and substandard housing undermine student stability.
It’s about governance and whether these systems can avoid reinforcing existing inequities. States, local governments and agencies need to move to embed fairness, transparency and accountability into every stage of AI use.
Abbott’s strategy combines primary pressure and legislative power plays to move caps on appraisals and a plan to eliminate school district taxes.
A Sacramento developer is using a $1.5 million 3D printer to build fire-resistant, low-waste homes that could reshape how California tackles its housing shortage.
Instead of across-the-board property tax cuts, targeted state and federal incentives for younger first-time home buyers and older would-be sellers could begin to break the logjam in the housing market.
A new California law overrides local regulations to provide multifamily housing around transit corridors. Can it succeed in finally getting much-needed housing built? And is sprawl really such a bad thing?
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