A special state senate committee on housing released a 38-page report yesterday suggesting 19 proposals to address what it calls Massachusetts’ “severe housing crisis.”

The committee, comprised of lawmakers and representatives from dozens of housing agencies and advocacy groups, broke into subcommittees to address foreclosures, gentrification, homelessness, preservation and rehabilitation, production, public housing, support services and zoning.

“Despite many imaginative and robust housing programs, the commonwealth continues to suffer from a shortage of housing that is increasingly acute – especially in the category of units to serve middle-income workforce households,” the report reads.

The report’s proposals run the gamut from straightforward initiatives like increasing interagency coordination and allowing accessory dwelling zoning, to developing “Millennial villages” – housing aimed at the 20- to 34-year-old demographic, said Sen. Harriette Chandler (D-Worcester), member of the Joint Committee on Housing.

“We now have a map for the next two to three years, something we can return to,” she told Banker & Tradesman. “We had to develop the idea of out-of-the-box thinking. It’s very important that [the report] doesn’t just sit on a shelf.”

The full report can be downloaded here.

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated since it was first published.