August
6
2019
WESTPORT --- The final day of Secretary Mike Kennealy’s 8-day housing tour started off with lots of applause and emotion as Westport’s long-serving affordable housing trust member showed why local leadership is so important to getting housing done.
August
2
2019
BOSTON --- In an effort to help state legislative staffs understand affordable housing and respond to constituent needs, MHP’s community assistance team and the Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association held a three-part series at the State House this summer entitled, “The State of Affordable Housing in Massachusetts.”
July
24
2019
Just months after launching its DataTown web site, the Center for Housing Data was part of another ambitious initiative – the Boston Foundation’s Housing Report Card.
July
19
2019
BOSTON – Mayor Martin J. Walsh has announced that the City of Boston has finalized details of a new demonstration program that will combine Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds with MHP’s ONE Mortgage Program to increase homeownership opportunities for low- and moderate income first-time buyers.
July
3
2019
SPRINGFIELD --- For the Duran family of Springfield, buying a home with ONE Mortgage symbolizes that their journey from the Dominican Republic is complete.
June
27
2019
Caritas Communities owns and operates 30 single-room apartment buildings in Greater Boston. The over 1,000 men and women who live in Caritas homes are the ones who need it most – over 70 percent have been homeless, 20 percent have been chronically homeless for two consecutive years, and 60 percent earn less than $15,000 a year. Miguel Padilla is one of those people and his success story illustrates why the work Caritas does is so important.