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One year into the Affordable Homes Act: What Has It Accomplished and What Else Can Be Done?

The Affordable Homes Act (AHA), a five-year bond bill signed in August 2024, authorized a wide range of capital housing investments through bond spending. Bond ...
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Local Revenue for Affordable Housing: Why the Community Preservation Act Isn’t Enough

Massachusetts' severe shortage of affordable housing is not insurmountable, but existing revenue sources are not sufficient to build and maintain it at scale. The state ...
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Local Revenue is a Key Tool to Advance Housing Affordability

A real estate transfer fee on high-end transactions can raise significant revenue at the local level, allow communities to address local affordable housing needs, and ...
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How big are the investments in the Affordable Homes Act? A closer look at the 2024 housing bond bill

The Affordable Homes Act (AHA) aims to address the state’s housing crisis by authorizing $5.16 billion in borrowing, more than double the size of the ...
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Statement on the Passage of the Affordable Homes Act

On the morning of August 6th, Governor Healey signed the 2024 housing bond bill, also known as the Affordable Homes Act, into law. Read our ...
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Statement on Governor’s Affordable Homes Act

Statement by Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center in response to bill H.4138, which takes the scale of our state's housing challenges seriously and can be ...
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Affordable Rent for All: Massachusetts is on a Slow Road to Universal Housing Vouchers

Programs which help people afford their rent are a critical tool in addressing the housing affordability crisis. How can Massachusetts, which has long been a ...
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The Fair Share Millionaire Tax and Home Sales: What 2021 Data Shows

Based on industry data from the Warren Group on home sales in Massachusetts, previous analysis has shown how rare it is that a sale might ...
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Where Might Home Sales Be Subject to the Fair Share Amendment? A Local Breakdown

In the majority of Massachusetts cities and towns, no homes sold for a net gain of $1 million or more, meaning they wouldn't be subject ...
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Interactive Map: Most Home Sales Will Not Likely Lead to Fair Share Tax Payments

Even in Massachusetts’ hot housing market with many homes selling for over $1 million, the vast majority of all home sales will not subject the ...
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