A new apartment building helps knit a Boston community back together
Once cleared for highway, a parcel of land in Jamaica Plain is returning to the community one building at a time.
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Relief and joy as long elevator outage ends in Boston public housing building
Fifteen days after it broke down, the lone elevator in the Ruth Barkley Apartments in Boston's South End was fixed. -
Day 14 with no elevator for disabled and elderly residents in a Boston public housing building
With no repairs in sight, some residents who are disabled have been told they'll be moved to hotels at some point. -
Elderly and disabled residents stranded in Boston public housing apartments due to broken elevator
“This is the ninth day I’ve been held up in the apartment,” said one resident, who uses a wheelchair. “I’m trapped.” -
When home is a hotel: A single dad’s desperate search for housing
James Berger, who had hoped his hotel stay would be short, instead embarked on a months-long odyssey that included working 80-hours a week and holding out hope that he and his daughter would be able to move back to Boston. -
How college students squeeze Boston's rental market
Students renting off campus apartments have long impacted rental inventory and pricing, but with rising university enrollments and a regional housing crisis, some say addressing the shortage of dorms is urgent.
Priced Out
Competition for housing has driven up home prices to record levels across Massachusetts. Some of the biggest gains have happened in communities where residents can least afford to pay more. GBH News is exploring the impact in the series Priced Out: The fight for housing in Massachusetts.
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Housing solution: turn old strip malls into new housing
Woburn added hundreds of new apartments to an old mall; planners say communities across Massachusetts could do the same. -
Once-abandoned mills are now home to thousands of Massachusetts residents
How Massachusetts became a model for turning industrial-era mills into modern housing. -
Forced out of his home, a Worcester man needed a lucky break to avoid homelessness
Dave Vespucci has fantasized about one thing for the past year: to relax in his reclining chair in a home he doesn’t have to worry about leaving. -
A lawsuit could force the state to help thousands of people with disabilities find housing
The high cost of housing is forcing thousands of people to live in nursing homes who could live on their own. -
What happens when you lose your home at 72?
The homeless population is aging, and though it's still mostly made up of men, two Massachusetts residents illustrate why more women are struggling to stay housed.
