Research Shows Positive Impact of Age-Friendly Community Efforts

by James Fuccione | Apr 1, 2026 | Data and Reports

Ten years of the AARP Livability Index platform and a base of 1,000-plus members of the national AARP age friendly network are now yielding important data. For a study released in August 2025, researchers Xue Zhang of Penn State University and Mildred Warner of...

Attorney General Awards More Than $500,000 To Eight Organizations Supporting Eviction Record Sealing And Access To Stable Housing

by James Fuccione | Apr 1, 2026 | News and Updates

Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell awarded more than $500,000 in grant funding to eight organizations across the Commonwealth supporting the implementation of Massachusetts’s eviction sealing law. The awards grant funding to organizations that will provide eviction...

Senior Housing Commission Report Includes Recommendations Supporting Age-Friendly Efforts

by James Fuccione | Mar 25, 2026 | News and Updates

The Affordable Homes Act, signed in 2024, created the Senior Housing Commission that was charged with considering how to better align housing, home care, and health care policies and programs to increase access and opportunity for residents to age in community. This...

Governor Healey and MassHousing Launch Affordable ADU Financing for Massachusetts Residents

by James Fuccione | Mar 18, 2026 | News and Updates

The Healey-Driscoll Administration and MassHousing recently announced the launch of a new, statewide accessory dwelling unit (ADU) loan program for Massachusetts homeowners. The new ADU loan program, announced last December, will provide second mortgages of up to...

‘America’s Rental Housing 2026’ Report Released by JCHS at Harvard

by James Fuccione | Mar 18, 2026 | Data and Reports

The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University released the report “America’s Rental Housing 2026” along with interactive maps and data. The report shows the number of renters with cost burdens has reached another record high, rents for...