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FITCHBURG, May 25, 2012 --- The Massachusetts Housing Partnership (MHP) recently committed $9.35 million in permanent mortgage financing to help MDP Development LLC convert a historic mill building into 105 units of rental housing on River Street in Fitchburg.

CAMBRIDGE, May 23, 2012 --- Local leaders and affordable housing lenders joined in with residents in late May to celebrate the start of rehabilitation of the Cambridge Court Apartments, a 10-story building that has served hundreds of low- and moderate-income city residents since it was built in 1973.

NORTH ANDOVER, May 23, 2012 --- Ever since December 2011, life has been hard for Kelly Mauro and her family. That's when her husband Josh was paralyzed in a one-car crash and she was suddenly faced with taking care of him and their seven-year-old son Tristan.

Effective tool to deal with foreclosed, abandoned properites

NEW BEDFORD, May 22, 2012 --- An example of MHP's efforts to help communities stabilize foreclosed and abandoned properties was in the spotlight recently as state and city officials gathered in New Bedford to tour a property that has been transformed from a neighborhood eyesore into a handsome two-family home that will be sold to a first-time homebuyer.

40 affordable rental homes first to be built under Cambridgeport rezoning

CAMBRIDGE, May 16, 2012 --- Of all the people mentioned for playing a part in the construction of Putnam Green, the person who was thanked most often and most warmly was the late Geneva Malenfant, a community activist and Cambridge resident who was one of the people responsible for making this 40-unit affordable rental housing development a reality.

QUINCY, May 14, 2012 --- The City of Quincy marked Community Development Week last month by celebrating the progress of Winter Gardens, a new apartment building being developed by Neighborhood Housing Services of the South Shore (NHS).