One year after Governor Maura Healey signed the Affordable Homes Act (AHA) into law, the Healey-Driscoll Administration’s housing agenda is delivering results to increase the production of reasonably-priced housing and lower costs across the state. A new digital thermometer released by the administration today shows that since Governor Healey took office, more than 90,000 new housing units have been completed or are set to enter development.
Governor Healey signed the Affordable Homes Act, the state’s most ambitious investment in housing in history, into law on August 6, 2024. This historic law – combined with the administration’s other initiatives such as converting vacant state-owned land into housing, commercial to housing conversions, increased housing development tax credits under Governor Healey’s tax cuts package, and the MBTA Communities Law – are already delivering results for the people of Massachusetts.
| Program | Est. total units* |
|---|---|
| Momentum Fund | 461 |
| Accessory Dwelling Units (permits and approvals) | 732 |
| Housing Development Incentive Program (HDIP) | 1,525 |
| MBTA Communities multifamily zoning pipeline | 5,200 |
| Comprehensive permits (40B) | 8,360 |
| EOHLC-funded projects | 10,566 |
| Additional housing development | 63,510 |
| 90,354 | |
| *Represents units completed, permitted, awarded funds or in development pipeline. | |
The thermometer webpage includes other resources, including those that support development of Accessory Dwelling Units, or ADUs.
The administration’s announcement also mentioned the work of three commissions that are aiming to report findings by the end of the year. The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is serving on the Senior Housing Commission that is working alongside the other groups – Accessible Housing Commission and Extremely Low-Income (ELI) Housing Commission.
More information is available in the full announcement here.