News Archive

  • Eviction protection bill clears Housing Committee
    CommonWealth Magazine / Oct 01, 2020

    A BILL THAT WOULD BAN most evictions and foreclosures for up to a year after Gov. Charlie Baker ends the coronavirus state of emergency cleared a key legislative hurdle on Thursday.    The Joint Committee on Ho...

  • CEDAC Approves $8.4 Million in Acquisition Financi...
    Boston Real Estate Times / Sep 30, 2020

    The Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation (CEDAC) recently committed more than $8.4 million in acquisition financing for the preservation of affordable housing in Attleboro, MA. The financing commitment ...

  • Belchertown Day School Opens Its Doors
    Belchertown, Granby & Amherst Sentinel / Sep 17, 2020

    After a three-year wait, the Belchertown Day School has opened its doors to children and their families, with some restrictions due to COVID-19. Belchertown Day School Executive Director Pat Bruni and School Age Directo...

  • Hillcrest Acres in Attleboro acquired, to be kept ...
    The Sun Chronicle / Sep 11, 2020

    The nonprofit Retirement Housing Foundation and The Schochet Companies have closed on the acquisition of Hillcrest Acres Apartments, preserving 100 units of affordable housing, it was announced Friday. Hillc...

  • New 6-Unit Building in Hyde Park
    Mainstay / May 26, 2020

    Dear Friends and Supporters, We are very pleased to announce that we have acquired a new supportive housing project, a 6-unit building in Hyde Park. The project was originally developed more than twenty years ago by ...

  • Under The Radar: Affordable Senior Housing Communi...
    Health Affairs / May 22, 2020

    MassHousing has closed on $2.8 million in affordable workforce housing financing to The Community Builders for the ongoing construction of the 12-unit 35 Village Hill Road in North...

  • MassHousing Closes on $2.8 Million in Financing fo...
    Boston Real Estate Times / Apr 29, 2020

    MassHousing has closed on $2.8 million in affordable workforce housing financing to The Community Builders for the ongoing construction of the 12-unit 35 Village Hill Road in North...

  • A $5 million investment in kids at Greater Lowell ...
    Lowell Sun / Mar 06, 2020

    A $5 million “investment in the future of our kids” should be ready by September as the Greater Lowell YMCA embarked Friday on a renovation and expansion project to its Thorndi...

  • Construction begins on 51 affordable apartments in...
    LISC Boston / Feb 26, 2020

    With market-rate apartments sprouting along Revere’s oceanfront, a new development is ensuring that some of them will be offered at affordable rents. The Neighborhood Developers, a Chel...

  • LISC Expands Funding for Affordable Housing Near T...
    LISC Boston / Feb 11, 2020

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karen Kelleher, LISC Boston 617.410.4343 | kkelleher@lisc.org Tia M. Vice, LISC Boston 617.410.4343 | tvice@lisc.org LISC EXPANDS FUNDING FOR AFFOR...

  • Local Initiatives Support Corporation Expands Fund...
    Boston Real Estate Times / Feb 11, 2020

    Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) announced an increase in the Equitable Transit-Oriented Development Accelerator Fund (ETODAF or the Fund). The Fund is a revolving loan fund...

  • Belchertown Day School buys land at former State S...
    MassLive / Feb 05, 2020

    Belchertown Day School has purchased two acres the former site of the Belchertown State School, where it plans to build a 8,600-square-foot early-childhood education center and afterschool f...