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Boston residents searching to move out of the city as housing rates rise

Artemis Huang February 24, 2023
A post-pandemic rebound in Boston rental and housing prices is driving residents to search for affordable living options outside the metropolitan area, experts say.
First-generation homebuyers will be eligible for housing grants under a new policy developed by Boston’s Department of Neighborhood Development and the Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance. SOPHIE PARK/ DFP FILE

City to reallocate funds for first-generation homebuyers

Samuele Petruccelli February 12, 2021
Grants will be given as a 2-to-1 match, meaning that eligible homebuyers must contribute $2,500 of their own money to receive the full $5,000, and they must also earn less than the area median income,
The newly completed apartment-style housing at 1047 Commonwealth Ave. opened to students last week, despite lacking some accommodations such as cable television. PHOTO BY JOHNNY LIU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

EDITORIAL: Micro-units are not really our future

Editors March 1, 2017

Boston’s first micro-unit apartment come to Commonwealth Avenue and is now part of Boston University’s campus, though only for a short period of time. Due to the renovations to Myles Standish Hall...

Lack of inventory decreases home sales, increases total cost

Daily Free Press Admin April 25, 2013

After 22 months of increasing sales in the housing market, the sale of single-family homes and condominiums in Massachusetts plunged in March from a lack of inventory, leaving many pre-approved buyers...

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