June
14
2013
DEVENS, Ma., June 14, 2013 --- A mayor, a community volunteer and an executive director of a suburban housing authority were honored this week with Housing Hero awards at the Massachusetts Housing Partnership's seventh annual Housing Institute training for local officials and volunteers.
June
11
2013
BOSTON, June 11, 2013 --- After more than 20 years and 17,000 loans, MHP's SoftSecond Loan Program is taking steps to continue its success by transforming from a two-loan structure to one mortgage, a move that will make it simpler for first-time homebuyers and the financial institutions that offer the program.
May
31
2013
BOSTON, May 31, 2013 --- A 2012 law that requires banks to notify borrowers of their rights to pursue a loan modification before foreclosing may be a factor in the precipitous drop in foreclosures in the first quarter of 2013.
May
10
2013
CHELSEA, May 10, 2013 --- Every time the new Box District Neighborhood marks another milestone, Chelsea City Manager Jay Ash tells the story about when he was a boy growing up in the city and his mother wouldn't let him play there because of all the trash and rundown factory buildings.
May
3
2013
BEVERLY, May 3, 2013 --- Another chapter in the continued revitalization of Beverly's Gloucester Crossing neighborhood was marked recently as state and local officials gathered to celebrate the completion of Holcroft Park Homes, Phase 2.
April
11
2013
BOSTON, April 11, 2013 --- Nonprofit developers using tax credits to develop affordable rental housing should consider using MHP's Housing Reserve Assurance Program (Housing RAP), which in two years has helped five community development organizations realize $1.2 million in developer fees that might otherwise have gone toward cash-funded operating reserves or other long-term reserves.