Healey plans to add 3,500 housing units to Mass.
The Bay State released its first-ever inventory of state-owned surplus land that can be used for state housing, and they found several dozen sites that will support around 3,500 housing units.
The state is planning to partner with developers to get these properties ready for residents as soon as possible.
'If you are a city or town that's had state properties languishing for years, underutilized, now you're going to have a chance to do something about that,' said Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll. 'Not only providing new housing that's going to serve your community and serve the commonwealth, but also create new tax revenues.'
Developers will make bids to develop these sites, and the Healey-Driscoll administration says more sites will be made available as soon as this summer. Here in western Massachusetts, at least one site–at the former Monson Developmental Center Campus–is expected to be turned into housing.
The governor says affordable housing is becoming increasingly crucial as young professionals and families move away from Massachusetts in favor of more affordable neighbors.
'I talk to so many families, young families starting out, couples without kids, who are just dying to buy a home here but haven't found one in their price point and this will be a game changer,' said Governor Healey.
So far, 1,500 units are under construction at sites across the state, and 17 more sites are expected to be made available over the next year. In all, 450 acres of state land are being made available for housing development, but the timeline for completed housing units is not yet clear.
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