Maura Healey on Budget & Economy

Give families $25,000 toward down payment for first home

We will open up closed bridges and make repairs faster

Promised to go after every federal infrastructure dollar

Invest $8 billion over ten years on transportation

Dealing with a housing shortage that's decades in the making

To get costs down, we have to go big, and we have to do it now. That means passing our $4 billion Affordable Homes Act--the most ambitious housing plan in Massachusetts history.

Encourage entrepreneurism with Office of Economic Assistance

• Promote and expand Early College efforts, providing more young people with post-secondary success.
• Encourage entrepreneurism, especially for women and people of color by creating an Office of Economic Assistance to advise and assist in developing business plans, facilitate regulatory compliance, and help people access needed capital and borrowing.
• Partner with labor and industry to create pathways to meaningful opportunities and steady careers in important sectors.

Stimulus checks cannot be seized by debt collectors