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Celebrates 30th anniversary by announcing 25,000 have completed homebuyer ed courses

BOSTON --- The Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance (MAHA) used its recent annual meeting and 30th anniversary celebration to announce it had passed a significant milestone and to thank the Massachusetts Housing Partnership (MHP) for three decades of support.

BOSTON --- In an ongoing effort to help owners of affordable housing, the Massachusetts Housing Partnership (MHP) recently hosted two events that focused on managing operating expenses.

BOSTON --- A neighborhood that was once bulldozed to make way for a new highway was given new life this November as local residents gathered with city, state and private funders to celebrate the grand opening of 66 Hudson at One Greenway, a 363-unit development at the east end of Chinatown.

New housing within "a symphony of architectural form ... more than just a brick building'

LAWRENCE --- Back in 2004, the MHP board and staff took a tour and held a community meeting in Lawrence to gain a better understanding of the city's housing priorities. One major point of discussion was what to do with all the vacant mills in the city and one of the stops on the tour was Malden Mills, where WinnDevelopment's Larry Curtis explained how some of the factory buildings could be transformed into housing.

GARDNER --- Of all the guests who came to the grand opening of The Lofts at 30 Pine, the most interesting ones to talk to were the ones who grew up in Gardner, the ones who could remember when these brick buildings were the lifeblood of the city and the home of Heywood-Wakefield Furniture.

FITCHBURG --- At mill revitalization groundbreakings, it's common to be struck by how enormous these places are and to imagine what they were like when they were filled with workers during the New England's textile heyday.