Housing Data & Research
Our Research Drives Solutions
Our research provides the data-driven insights needed to build the right affordable housing solutions across Massachusetts.
Access Dashboards →Massachusetts has a housing gap of 441,000 units across age, income, and municipality.
Our research provides the data-driven insights needed to build the right affordable housing solutions.
The Housing Crisis
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Extremely Low Income Households
Extremely low income households are the
largest group unserved by affordable housing,
with 194,000 households unstably housed.
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Households Making 30-50% AMI
Households making 30–50% AMI are most
likely to be unstably housed, with 81% of those
households unstably housed.
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Age-Restricted Housing Stock
25% of municipalities in MA have age
restrictions on 75% of their affordable rental
stock, making them inaccessible to all
households.
Data sources: Data Opens Doors Report - April 2025
Our Solution
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Affordable Units
Comprehensive database of income-restricted
rental housing statewide
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Active Properties
Currently available affordable rental
opportunities across 260+ cities and towns
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Annual Searches
Massachusetts residents use our free
platform to find affordable housing every year
Data sources: Housing Navigator MA unique dataset
Data Opens Doors
Report Series
2025
Measuring The Affordable Housing Gap
Completed in collaboration with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, this report uses our data in an interactive story map to understand the gap between affordable rental housing supply and household need in Massachusetts.
For Community Advocates
Advocacy Data Sheet
Use data to bolster your advocacy efforts. Focus on rent-based income units and mobile vouchers for households earning 30-50% AMI to prevent displacement and create housing stability.
Download PDFFor Planners & Policy Makers
Planning & Policy Data Sheet
Build the right units in the right places. Create more affordable 1-bedroom units for small households and address geographic disparities in age-restricted housing.
Download PDFFor Developers
Development Data Sheet
Focus your development efforts where they're needed most. Build deeply affordable rental housing with emphasis on small units (SROs, Studios, 1BRs) available to all ages.
Download PDF2024
Affordable and Accessible Rentals
Our first report in the series provides fresh information about the distribution of this critical resource across the state.
Explore the state of affordable housing in your community. Our annual dashboards show where income-restricted rental housing exists across Massachusetts and which populations need it most. Select any municipality to see detailed breakdowns of unit types, rent structures, and housing gaps. Free and accessible to all on any device.
Data Dashboard FAQ & Glossary
Our Data Dashboard FAQ & Glossary explains how we created our dataset, identifies known gaps, and provides a definitions of key terms.
Join Our Mission
Whether you are seeking housing, you are a property owner, or you want to support our work, there are many ways to be part of creating a more equitable housing future in Massachusetts.