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PITTSFIELD, Oct. 19, 2012 - The grand opening of Rice Silk Mill provided a perfect setting for Governor Deval Patrick to announce that Pittsfield will be the state's first city to have part of its downtown approved as a special district under a new state program designed to help Gateway Cities rebuild and strengthen their economies.

QUINCY, Oct. 18, 2012 --- There was no shortage of superlatives at the grand opening of Winter Gardens as speaker after speaker praised Neighborhood Housing Services of the South Shore (NHS) for tearing down a rundown home and replacing it with an attractive three-story apartment building featuring 24 units of affordable rental housing for families.

Town-initiated housing received pre-development support, financing from MHP

PROVINCETOWN, Oct. 3, 2012 --- When Aaron Hobart heard his family's name called during the lottery for one of the new affordable apartments at Province Landing, his joy was quickly tempered by concern. "We were lucky to be selected but we still worry about all the people who are still on the waiting list."

BOSTON, Sept. 21, 2012 --- The Massachusetts Housing Partnership's SoftSecond Loan Program has honored Mechanics Cooperative Bank with a 2012 HomeSafe Award for its success making loans to low- and moderate-income first-time homebuyers in southeastern Massachusetts.

BOSTON, Aug. 29, 2012 - The Massachusetts Housing Partnership's SoftSecond Loan Program today announced Rockland Trust has received its HomeSafe Award in recognition of the bank's outstanding success making loans to working-class, first-time homebuyers in Massachusetts.

FAIRHAVEN, Aug. 28, 2012 --- MHP has honored Southern Mass Credit Union with a HomeSafe Award for its success making loans to first-time homebuyers.