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The price of progress: Western Mass faces critical housing shortage, needs 23,000 new units

AMHERST — The state is lagging significantly behind national housing production trends, with western Massachusetts needing an estimated 23,000 new units to meet current demand. “Massachusetts is at less than half of the national average,” Kerry Spitzer said about housing production at a housing forum held Wednesday night. “And then we’ve got western Massachusetts. We’re […]

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