New poll charts list of concerns for Massachusetts residents. Find out what voters think


Home prices and the availability of housing are the combined top issue for Massachusetts voters, according to a new poll.

Results of the latest UMass Amherst/WCVB poll show that 34% of respondents said the lack of affordable housing stock in the state was the top issue they’d like to see Gov. Maura Healey and the legislature address. That’s up from 31% in the October poll, according to WCVB.

The $660,000 median single-family home sales price in Norfolk County for February 2024, the most recent month available from realtor.com, represents a 10% increase from February 2023, when the median sales price was $600,000.

Median single-family home prices during that same time period for Plymouth County saw an 11.13% increase, or $539,000 compared to $479,000.

The next-most prioritized issue in the poll was immigration, with 18% of respondents. No other political issue was chosen by more than 9% of those polled.

This article originally appeared on The Patriot Ledger: High housing prices and low stock top concern for Mass. residents

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