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18 affordable rental homes for families named after victim of 'Bread and Roses' labor strike

LAWRENCE, June 13, 2014 --- Lawrence Community Works (LCW) used the grand opening of Casa di Anna to not only celebrate the completion of 18 new rental homes in the city's North Common neighborhood but also to remind everyone of the city's long history as a place where immigrants have come to build better lives.

AMHERST, June 13, 2014 --- Of all the speakers at the grand opening of Olympia Oaks, the most memorable was the state's Arthur Jemison, an Amherst native who spoke from the heart about what affordable housing means to him.

SOMERVILLE, June 9, 2014 --- The Somerville Community Corp. celebrated the final phase of its eight-year effort to transform a former church site into a new neighborhood with the grand opening of Saint Polycarp III.

BOSTON, Sat, May 31, 2014 --- Mayor Martin J. Walsh joined state and local leaders on Saturday, May 31 to celebrate the grand opening of Bloomfield Gardens and to salute Viet-AID for its continuing efforts to develop affordable housing and raise the quality of life in the Fields Corner neighborhood.

CARLISLE, May 23, 2014 --- State and local leaders gathered today with private and public funders to celebrate the grand opening of Benfield Farms, a 26-unit mixed-income senior housing development.

Financing for mixed-use developments on more flexible terms than is normally available

BOSTON, May 21, 2014 --- In its ongoing effort to promote the revitalization of low-income neighborhoods, the Massachusetts Housing Partnership (MHP) is now offering a New Markets Tax Credit Lending Program, thus providing a new source of capital for the redevelopment of downtown buildings into housing with some commercial or retail space.