News Archive

  • 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 nonprofit will have 15,...

  • 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...

  • French Club Project Gets State Funding, Looks Towa...
    Chelsea Record / Mar 31, 2017

    The Neighborhood Developers (TND) hosted state and City leaders on Tuesday morning, March 28, to announce that they had received critical funding to allow the French Club affordable housing project to proceed to a ground...

  • Baker-Polito Administration Announces $20 Million ...
    Mass.gov / Mar 28, 2017

    BOSTON – Today the Baker-Polito Administration announced a total of $20 million in awards to seven affordable housing projects in Massachusetts, to support the creation and preservation of 177 supportive housing units...

  • State funding paves way for homeless veterans hous...
    The Enterprise / Mar 28, 2017

    The state approved $3.1 million in funding Tuesday for the second phase of Father Bill's & MainSpring's Montello Welcome Home project. BROCKTON – The state provided funding Tuesday that paves the way for permane...

  • Boston strives to preserve affordable housing
    SAMPAN News / Mar 24, 2017

    Although Boston has demonstrated a strong commitment to affordable housing, with 52,800 subsidized units to help house its low- and moderate-income residents, these critically important assets can become at risk. Boston...

  • Jackson Square’s Master Plan Comes To Life
    Banker & Tradesman / Mar 19, 2017

    Since the beginning of the new year, the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation (CEDAC) has invested more than $1.1 million in efforts by the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (JPNDC) to r...

  • Public-Private Partnerships Form To Create Support...
    Banker & Tradesman / Feb 12, 2017

    Several new developments providing supportive housing to homeless veterans in Massachusetts have recently opened their doors. The commonwealth remains a leader in providing resources to the men and women who have served ...

  • Video: Communities Built for Children
    Eye on Early Education / Feb 07, 2017

    What makes communities strong? “For many families a good place to live is a community that provides for the safety and healthy development of its children,” CEDAC’s executive director, Roger Herzog, says in the ...

  • Northampton receives funding for affordable housin...
    Jan 10, 2017

    NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – The Baker administration announced on Tuesday millions of dollars in funding for an affordable housing complex in Northampton. The project is planned for the former Northampton Lumber Yard p...

  • ‘Lumberyard’ affordable housing in Nor...
    MassLive / Jan 10, 2017

    The Lumberyard Apartments -- a 70,000-square-foot affordable housing project planned at 265 Pleasant St. -- will move forward with a $5 million investment from the state. The Baker administration announced Tuesday tha...