Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40Y is a new Massachusetts zoning law that allows starter home zoning districts to promote housing in strategic locations and near public transportation. The law is ...

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities announced that the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) enrollment period for the 2024-2025 winter heating season will open on ...

The number of families in the state’s emergency assistance shelter has decreased for the first time since 2023.

Tong leads a coalition of 20 states filing an amicus brief for an injunction to stop “unlawful layoffs and mismanagement” at ...

“It is truly remarkable what is taking place in the city of Springfield as it relates to housing. Today marks another ...

Nonetheless, it remains to be seen whether companies will follow laws that ban redlining, Cohen said. "People looking for a mortgage are in a less safe environment" overall, she said, "because they ...

CHICAGO Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 21 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief supporting an ...

Massachusetts leaders say they can’t fully make up for federal funding cuts but propose help for food security programs and a defense fund for immigrants.

Potential changes to the federal food assistance program could impact millions of U.S. shoppers, retailers and food and ...

The Trump administration abruptly cut states’ access to Covid pandemic funding for school programs, saying they’d had enough ...

To protect Section 8 housing vouchers amid rising rent costs and insufficient federal funding, the EHOLC is cutting some ...