Gov. Maura Healey released a “comprehensive housing plan” Thursday morning, outlining strategies to lower costs and build 220,000 new units over the next decade to mitigate the

Governor Maura Healey unveiled her plan to ease the housing crisis at the State House Thursday, calling for 222,000 new housing units to be built in Massachusetts within the next decade. "True statewide housing plan""For the first time,

The move follows last year’s passage of Healey’s historic, more than $5 billion piece of legislation aimed at addressing the commonwealth’s ongoing housing crisis, a crunch felt harshly in Berkshire County, where limited stock, overwhelming demand, and stagnant wages bar many from finding dwellings.