‘People in Worcester can’t afford rents’: Augustus challenged on housing crisis

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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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