Housing News

  • Lowell’s House of Hope opens new Shelter (Vi...
    Lowell Sun / Jul 19, 2017

    The House of Hope celebrated a milestone expansion on Tuesday that has nearly doubled the number of homeless families it can serve. The nonprofit organization has opened a new 31-family property at 520 Fletcher St., w...

  • On the right track: New home for Metropolitan Bost...
    Boston Business Journal / Jul 14, 2017

    This fall, the Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership — a nonprofit and the state’s largest regional provider of rental-housing voucher assistance — will get a new home of its own: a vacant two-acre parcel formerl...

  • Howland mansion coming back from the brink of dest...
    South Coast Today / Jul 08, 2017

    The stately 10,000-square-foot red brick mansion at 38 S. Sixth St. in New Bedford is a shell of its former self. On the outside, scaffolding flanks the Federal-Greek Revival and plywood remains on what were the home...

  • Massachusetts Sets Record In Affordable Housing Pr...
    Banker & Tradesman / Jun 30, 2017

    Massachusetts preserved more than 6,000 units of affordable rental housing in 2016, according to a statement released yesterday by the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation (CEDAC), the public-private, co...

  • Housing Bond Bills Aim To Add $1.3B To State Progr...
    Banker & Tradesman / Jun 11, 2017

    Massachusetts is a national leader in affordable housing by creating a system that provides reliable capital funds to affordable housing developers and because of leadership that consistently supports it. C...

  • Codman Square Affordable Housing Facility Gets Gra...
    Banker & Tradesman / May 09, 2017

    Local officials recently celebrated the grand opening of new affordable housing facility Whittier Lyndhurst Washington. The $20.1 million redevelopment created 44 units of affordable rental housing and 1,000 square fe...

  • Mayor Walsh, Codman Square Neighborhood Developmen...
    Sampan / May 09, 2017

    Solidifying his commitment to creating more affordable housing for residents in Boston, Mayor Martin J. Walsh today joined Codman Square NDC (CSNDC), City officials and neighborhood leaders to celebrate the grand op...

  • Fenway’s Burbank Gardens to Remain Affordabl...
    Banker & Tradesman / Apr 30, 2017

    Much of the commonwealth’s stock of affordable housing, built in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, is at risk of losing affordability. Currently, there are more than 104,000 affordable housing units at risk of converting to ...

  • Howland Mansion Restoration Project Starts at last...
    SouthCoast Today / Apr 28, 2017

    NEW BEDFORD — It’s been years in the making, and the Waterfront Historic Area League has officially launched a restoration project of the John Howland Jr. family home at 38 South Sixth St. The $2.9 million renovat...

  • ASPIRE BUILDING PROJECT HITS HALFWAY POINT
    Item Live / Apr 12, 2017

    LYNN — Aspire Developmental Services is halfway to completing its $4.3 million headquarters on Franklin Street. When the renovation of the former O’Keefe Alternative School is finished, the no...

  • CEDAC Commits $8.5M To Preserve Affordable Housing...
    Banker & Tradesman / Apr 11, 2017

    The Community Economic Development Assistance Corp. (CEDAC) recently committed over $8.5 million in financing to Fenway Community Development Corp. (Fenway CDC) to purchase and preserve Burbank Gardens, an existing affor...