Featured Reports
Delayed by Design
How discretionary permitting stalls housing in Massachusetts, even on sites where zoning already allows it.
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Unlocking Small Multifamily Housing through Building Code Reform
How the current building code came to regulate small multifamily housing the same as much larger buildings, the cost implications of that approach, and reforms that could make a difference.
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ADUs Turn One: Regulatory Barriers to production in Massachusetts and Ideas for Further Reform
The state made good progress with ADU legalization, but the law is still quite confusing and could go much further.
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7 Key Findings About Wealth and Financial Security
Wealth grew between 2022 and 2025, albeit slowly. Wealth inequality is increasing. And more families are struggling with debt. From the Racial Wealth Equity Resource Center.
Declining Opioid Overdose Deaths in Massachusetts
Opioid related deaths have declined for three years in a row.
Income and wage trends across the decades.
The state’s middle-income household share is declining, but not for the reason you think.
A Modest Zoning Reform That Works—and Should Be Scaled
Tight zoning has been treated as a preservation strategy, but it fuels mansionization and exacerbates our housing shortage.
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