Report: Affordability gap grows for those seeking starter homes in Greater Boston

While housing construction is up and home prices have stabilized, researchers expect home buyers and renters will continue to face affordability headwinds in Massachusetts. Home prices and rents have flattened in 2025 but are still “historically” high, according to a 108-page Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2025 released by The Boston Foundation and Boston Indicators on Wednesday.

Only 1 in 7 Greater Boston renters can afford a starter home, new report finds

For more and more families in Greater Boston, buying a home has quickly become out of reach. A new analysis from the Boston Foundation released Wednesday found that just one in seven renter households can afford a starter home in Greater Boston. With much higher housing prices and mortgage rates, it’s a dramatic change from just four years ago, when nearly a third could afford a starter home.

Only 1 in 7 renter households in Boston-area can afford ‘starter home,’ report finds

Only one in seven renter households in the Greater Boston area can afford an “entry level” home, as affordability issues continue even while construction increases, according to the 2025 Greater Boston Housing Report Card released Wednesday. “This year’s report data highlights some significant differences among housing construction, permits, and prices,” said Luc Schuster, executive director of the research arm of the Boston Foundation.

‘We need better communication’: MISI summit tackles climate communication crisis, marks center’s opening

The Center for Media Innovation and Social Impact launched Friday with a conference titled “Communicating Climate,” which aimed to explore efficient methods of conveying messages regarding climate change to a modern audience. Scientists, journalists, artists and activists across Boston gathered at the BU Faculty of Computing and Data Sciences building to discuss topics ranging from local policy and sociology of behavior to the importance of storytelling amid growing skepticism of the media.

43 cancellations reported at Logan Airport on Friday

Friday marked day one of the Federal Aviation Administration’s cuts to air traffic across the country. At Logan Airport, flight screens displayed mostly “on time” departures with a few planes marked in red. Security checkpoint lines did not appear unusually long. Cold comfort, however, for those unlucky passengers booked on the 3 percent of outgoing cancelled flights as of 5 p.m., according to the website FlightAware, which tracks aviation.