News Archive
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39 Affordable Homes for Seniors Open in RevereJun 10, 2016/
39 Affordable Homes for Seniors Open in Revere June 10, 2016 by RealEstateRama Revere, MA – (RealEstateRama) — At a ribbon-cutting ceremony today, The Neighborhood Developers (TND) officially opened their newe...
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Cambridge Housing Authority to Provide $153M in Af...Jun 10, 2016/
The Cambridge Housing Authority (CHA) has provided $153 million in affordable housing improvements through its Public Housing Preservation Plan. Under the plan, CHA will improve 837 affordable housing units at Washing...
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MBHP Tasks Marquilies Perruzzi For New HQ DesignJun 09, 2016/
The planned development of the mixed-use One Roxbury Crossing took another step forward this week when the Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership tagged Margulies Perruzzi Architects to design its new 27k SF HQ at the d...
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New Affordable Sober Housing For Homeless Veterans...Jun 07, 2016/
MassHousing recently awarded $75,000 to help create six new units of affordable sober housing for homeless veterans in Weymouth. The grant will come from the Center for Community Recovery Innovations Inc., a nonprofit...
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Communities scramble to keep affordable housingJun 05, 2016/
Communities scramble to keep affordable housing 10 percent of units set to convert to market rate By Douglas Moser dmoser@eagletribune.com Jun 5, 2016 Nearly 10 percent of Greater Lawrence's affordable housing ...
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$625,000 loan provided for Holyoke affordable hous...Jun 01, 2016/
HOLYOKE -- The developer planning to build a 47-unit affordable housing complex across from the Holyoke Public Library has received a $625,000 loan from a state-established agency toward the $13 million project. The Com...
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LISC Receives Citizens Bank Financial Literacy AwA...May 26, 2016/
We are proud to have been selected as a partner for Citizens Bank’s "Citizens Helping Citizens Manage Money" initiative. With this $20,000 award, we plan to hold a master pitch contest, giving alumni of our entrepreneu...
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A Lean Model For Housing AffordabilityMay 22, 2016/
High land and labor costs, thorny regulations and opposition to density choke the housing supply in Massachusetts and drive up the cost of living in one of the nation’s priciest real estate markets. What if there was ...
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Fiscal Year Plan Allocates Funds To Housing, Trans...May 20, 2016/
The Baker administration recently released the 2017 Fiscal Year Capital Plan, which includes a $2.19 billion bond cap on general obligation bonds. The plan outlines resources that will be invested in affordable and wo...
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Partnership’s Affordable Housing Numbers Hit...May 15, 2016/
A public-private partnership preserved nearly 4,400 affordable rental housing units in Massachusetts during 2015, the largest number of units preserved in a single year since the Community Economic Development Assistance...
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Massachusetts Sets Affordable Housing Preservation...May 12, 2016/
Massachusetts preserved 4,397 units of affordable rental housing during 2015 – the most ever in a single year – according to data released yesterday by the Community Economic Development Assistance Corp. (CEDAC). ...
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MassHousing Grant To Fund New Statewide Workforce ...May 12, 2016/
A $100 million MassHousing fund will go toward the creation of workforce housing, according to a statement from Gov. Charlie Baker. The fund will also increase rental opportunities for households earning 61 percent to...