Can Mass. hit its housing goals? New housing Sec. says yes.

WA Housing crisis: Reality of more than 100,000 new homes built and approved lags behind ambitious target

The number of new homes built and approved in Western Australia is behind what is needed for the state to meet its share of the 1.2 million national target, two years in to a big push on housing.

Can Mass. hit its housing goals? New housing secretary says yes.

Gov. Maura Healey’s administration estimates that the state will need 222,000 by 2035 to deal withe existing need and population growth. Her new housing secretary, Juana Matias, says we can meet that goal, and joins CommonWealth Beacon reporter Jennifer Smith to talk about chipping away at decades of sluggish housing production. Matias, who was a state representative and regional administrator at HUD, talks about what she’d like to see come from the end-of-session rush and how the state can weather federal pullbacks on fair housing an public housing.

The councils ready to buy hundreds of new-build homes for asylum seekers

Multiple local authorities have expressed interest in going ahead with a housing scheme – but have yet to proceed after discussions with the Home Office

Chelsea NYCHA redevelopment greenlit after court lifts pause

Demolition and redevelopment at the current site of Elliott-Chelsea and Fulton Houses will move forward after a state appellate court ruling lifted a pause on the Related Companies and Essence Development-led project. The New York City Housing Authority, which partnered with private developers for the 2 billion overhaul of the sites in Chelsea, is prepared to begin re-engaging residents who remain in their units at the Fulton 11 and Chelsea Addition buildings with the goal of relocating them to make the buildings fully vacant for demolition and construction of new homes for the residents, according to an agency statement “This []This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.

Redstone Bank, Goldman Sachs, New York State Provide $217M for Alafia Project

A new affordable housing complex in one of Brooklyn’s poorest neighborhoods just took another step closer to completion thanks to a combination of private dollars and public financial support. Apex Building Group and L+M Development Partners have secured 217 million in construction financing for the third phase of the Alafia Project, a two-building residential development []