A tragic incident has left families devastated after a mysterious fire ravaged their compound on Tuesday afternoon, ...

Credit where it’s due: The easy way out for Mayor Michelle Wu would have been to fight a planned homeless shelter in West Roxbury, which has aroused considerable ire in the neighborhood. But she ...

A statewide rent control initiative that seeks to cap annual rent increases in Massachusetts at 5% has gained enough ...

Despite a new law that aims to ease construction of accessory dwelling units in Massachusetts, relatively few are being built ...

Fourteen pallet homes are being built near Re-Entry Alliance Pensacola. (WKRG) Re-Entry Alliance Executive Director Vince Whibbs said pallet homes are temporary shelters designed for rapid deployment ...

The governing board for the L.A. Homeless Services Authority voted Monday to start the process of reallocating about $130 ...

One couldn’t blame a homeless veteran for feeling a little bit skeptical when offered a free roof over their heads after spending weeks, perhaps months, living on the streets. But Bryan Meyer, CEO of ...

Living above a library. A number of major U.S. cities are experimenting with such mixed-use buildings as a way to add ...

The Affordable Housing Act designated Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, the Berkshires and other resort towns as “seasonal communities,” making it easier to build homes there for workers. The Forge, a new ...

A new ranking put Mississippi in the bottom 3 states for charitable giving. Want to change that? Local charities need time, money. How to help now ...

Bhola, in southern Bangladesh, has been called climate change’s ‘ground zero’, where its effects add to impoverishment and ...