In 1983, Harvard scholars Mary Jo Bane and David Ellwood sought to determine the length of time participants in Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) spent in the program. Their report, ...

PITTSFIELD — There are a breadth of housing assistance and income-restriction programs in the Berkshires. There is Section 8 housing, the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program, workforce housing and ...

New provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could help finance more than a million units of low-income housing over the next decade. The changes are complicated but will increase assistance both ...

A three-year waiting list for subsidized housing. Fair market rents 60% higher than before the pandemic. Working couples who ...

Manufactured homes could help address the nation’s critical housing shortage, but outdated state laws often prevent manufactured home buyers from obtaining a mortgage, thus limiting the reach of one ...

A different kind of subsidized housing — for purchase rather than rent —won approval Tuesday night from the Modesto City Council. It voted 7-0 for the 38-home project on McClure Road, just north of ...