Every year, the National Low Income Housing Coalition releases its Out of Reach report, a sobering snapshot of what it really costs to secure stable housing across the United States. The 2025 report confirms what we see every day: the gap between wages and rent isn’t just growing - it’s unbridgeable for many of our neighbors.

Short-term rental (STR) platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo are rapidly transforming our housing market. In cities across Massachusetts, entire apartment buildings or multi-family homes are being converted into short-term rentals, removing them from the long-term rental supply.