{"id":81,"date":"2026-10-20T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/?p=81"},"modified":"2026-10-20T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T12:00:00","slug":"massachusetts-needs-222k-homes-by-2035-strategically-priced-expertly-marketed-under-agreement-in-less-than-two-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/20\/massachusetts-needs-222k-homes-by-2035-strategically-priced-expertly-marketed-under-agreement-in-less-than-two-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Needs 222K Homes by 2035 | Strategically priced. Expertly marketed. Under agreement in less than two days."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/maher-khatib\/massachusetts-housing-crisis-remotion-videos-364a\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Massachusetts is projected to need 222K new homes by 2035, with leaders and advocates stressing that affordability across income levels matters as much as volume.<br \/>\nThe housing gap has been tied to rising out-migration and employer hiring challenges, prompting both legislative chambers to include housing measures in recently passed bills.<br \/>\nOne proposal would let faith-based groups build multifamily housing on land they own without local approval, with up to 30 units per acre.<br \/>\nIt would require 20% income-restricted units and could unlock &gt;60K homes from ~5K parcels statewide, though some local officials questioned its fit.<br \/>\nOther measures would ease duplex approvals, set 90-day site reviews, fund $50M conversion grants, and expand incentives as lawmakers negotiate a final package.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Massachusetts is projected to need 222K new homes by 2035, with leaders and advocates stressing that affordability across income levels matters as much as volume. The housing gap has been tied to rising out-migration and employer hiring challenges, prompting both legislative chambers to include housing measures in recently passed bills. One proposal would let faith-based [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":82,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/89"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}