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Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced that the Mosaic on the Riverway, a mixed-income 145-unit residential building, has been awarded the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Terwilliger Center for Housing’s 2017 Jack Kemp Excel...

In a market where buildable land goes quickly to private developers paying cash — or investors who sit on the property and wait for its value to rise — nonprofit builders are at a definite disadvantage. Boston Mayor ...

It’s no secret to agents, buyers and sellers in Boston that the city’s housing market is hot — sometimes a little too hot. With scarce inventory and increasing prices, many people find themselves sitting on the sid...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

Ellis is proud to announce that it's historic building at 66 Berkeley Street opened on June 26, 2017, after significant renovations to the facility. The building has been owned by Ellis since 1924 and now houses educa...

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...

Soldier On, the Pittsfield-based nonprofit dedicated to ending veteran homelessness by providing permanent, supportive, sustainable housing, held a dedication ceremony Monday afternoon at the Gordon H. Mansfield Veter...

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...

Massachusetts has just announced the release of $4.1 million in facilities grants. Typically, these funds help early education and after school programs repair, renovate, and expand their buildings. This round of funding...