Housing News

  • CEDAC provides predevelopment loans to housing in ...
    Wicked Local Lexington / Oct 03, 2017

    The Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation approved $341,500 in predevelopment financing to Pine Grove Village Inc. and Women’s Institute Realty Inc. for the preservation and production of affordable hou...

  • Mayor Walsh Announces Vacant Site Acquisition Fund...
    Boston Real Estate Times / Oct 02, 2017

    Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, along with partners Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation (CEDAC) and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), announced the creation of the Vacant Site Acquisition ...

  • Four-unit housing developments breaks ground Thurs...
    Worcester Business Journal / Oct 02, 2017

    Community development group Worcester Common Ground will break ground on a new affordable housing complex in a vacant former four-unit condominium building on Jaques Avenue. The property will be rehabilitated for use ...

  • City unveils $8.5m program to help affordable-hous...
    Boston Globe / Oct 02, 2017

    In the midst of Boston’s ongoing development boom, there are few more valuable commodities than a piece of buildable land. Now City Hall and a couple of local nonprofits are teaming up to help affordable-housing dev...

  • Housing Bond Bill Advances Reauthorizations of Com...
    United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley / Sep 20, 2017

    United Way praised the Joint Committee on Housing for including two key provisions in the Housing Bond Bill that advanced today on Beacon Hill that would strengthen neighborhoods and early education programs.  The Housi...

  • Dedication ceremony for Agawam ‘Soldier On&#...
    MassLive.com / Sep 19, 2017

    Soldier On, the Pittsfield-based nonprofit dedicated to ending veteran homelessness by providing permanent, supportive, sustainable...

  • MassHousing Finances New Hyde Park Affordable Hous...
    Banker & Tradesman / Sep 15, 2017

    MassHousing has closed on $2.1 million in financing to the Traggorth Cos. and the Southwest Boston Community Development Corporation (SWBCDC) for the construction of the 27-unit Residences at Fairmount Station in Hyde Pa...

  • Four Corners toasts new apartments on Washington S...
    Dorchester Reporter / Aug 31, 2017

    Officials and Four Corners residents celebrated the new Upper Washington buildings, which includes 35 income-restricted apartments and two commercial spaces on Washington Street, at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday. ...

  • Baker-Polito Administration Awards $72 Million to ...
    Governor Charlie Baker Press Office / Aug 15, 2017

    BOSTON – Today, Governor Charlie Baker announced $72 million in housing subsidy funds and additional state and federal tax credits to 25 projects in 17 communities for the creation, rehabilitation, an...

  • MassDev Bonds Finance Roxbury Affordable Housing F...
    Banker & Tradesman / Aug 01, 2017

    MassDevelopment has issued $9.4 million in bonds for Walker Park, a project from the Urban Edge Housing Corp., a community development organization in Roxbury. Urban Edge will use bond proceeds to build Walker Park, a...

  • Baker-Polito Administration Announces Nearly $1.5 ...
    Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development / Jul 26, 2017

    Today, Baker-Polito Administration announced nearly $1.5 million in Brownfields Redevelopment Fund awards to support the environmental assessment and cleanup of contaminated and challenging sites acro...

  • Housing and Community Development Undersecretary K...
    Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development / Jul 21, 2017

    Today, the Department of Housing and Community Development Undersecretary, Chrystal Kornegay, joined Congressman Bill Keating, Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH), the Housing Assistance Corporation of Cape Cod (HA...