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- Key Points
- It’s a situation not unique to Worcester, Housing Secretary Edward M. Augustus Jr. said, adding communities that want to control rents must petition state lawmakers through a home rule petition.
- Massachusetts needs to build 222,000 new homes by 2035 to fill a statewide supply gap, according to a Housing Advisory Committee formed by Gov. Maura T. Healey’s administration.
- Even if those units are built, there are more than 400,000 families who qualify for affordable housing can’t access it, according to a recent study.
WORCESTER — The state’s top housing official was in Worcester to give an update on efforts to increase the supply of affordable housing in Massachusetts.
Besides saying that increasing the supply needs to happen faster, that the state is in a housing crisis and “inaction is not an option,” Housing Secretary Edward M. Augustus Jr. heard from a Worcester woman who is facing a difficult road during his May 20 presentation on the top floor of a downtown office tower.
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