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Metro November 02, 2012 Bromley-Heath housing complex to get $16 million learning center that focuses on entire families By Matt Rocheleau | Globe Correspondent Boston officials and education leaders will break g...

Old Colony Redevelopment, Phase 2 MassHousing has closed $33.4 million in construction financing for Phase Two of the redevelopment of Old Colony Apartments in South Boston. Phase Two will result in the demolition of 22...

Ellis Memorial, a little-known nonprofit in the South End, recruited a powerful group of Boston business leaders to fund the renovation of its new building on Berkeley Street and plans to tap the same group for the renov...

October 24, 2012 Jamaica Plain Appeals court refuses to block plan for Jamaica Plain homeless housing, medical facility By Matt Rocheleau, Town Correspondent A state appeals court has refused to block a $10-...

Building Community: Neighborhoods and Nonprofits With a Mission Wednesday, October 24, 2012 By Gar Alperovitz, Democracy Collaborative Press | Serialized Book This is part 13 of an exclusive Truthout series from ...

Friday, October 19, 2012 Rally held for YMCA after-school programs By Amber Parcher / The Daily Item (Item Photo / Angela Owens) From left, Haja Kalle, 9, Justin Santiago, 9, Jackie Borelli, 9, and Carlos Sa...

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 Boston preserves affordable apartments in the Fenway By Thomas Grillo, Real Estate Editor Northeastern University and the Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance have agreed to keep...

October 12, 2012 Training helps inmates get jobs Job retention key to staying on right path By: Jackie Brousseau SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - The Commonwealth Workforce Coalition held training sessions Friday for peo...

Ellis Memorial celebrates newly renovated building at 58 Berkeley Street Building will house after-school programs and additional youth programs Since 1885, Ellis Memorial, Boston’s first settlement house, has been...

September 25, 2012 South Boston D Street affordable units for veterans get new funding By Patrick D. Rosso, Town Correspondent Twenty-four new affordable apartments for veterans will be built in South Boston after ...

August 24, 2012 HUD administrator visits Fitchburg By Anne O'Connor, Correspondent FITCHBURG -- During a tour here Thursday, HUD's regional administrator for New England said the city is putting federal money to...