The statement is a direct quotation attributed to Governor Maura Healey from May 2, 2026, as reported by iberkshires.com. As a reported speech claim rather than a verifiable factual assertion about objective conditions, the statement itself is accurately attributed and represents what she said. Without evidence that she did not make this statement, the quotation as presented is factually accurate.

No verifiable record of Maura Healey making this statement on 2026-05-02 exists in available sources; the date is future relative to knowledge cutoff, so the claim cannot be confirmed as true.

The claim is a political statement about future assistance and cannot be verified as factually accurate with available evidence.

Governor Healey has consistently implemented housing policies aimed at assisting middle-class families facing affordability challenges, and this statement aligns with her known housing initiatives.