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BOSTON, Jan. 15, 2010 --- The state Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) announced this week the process for selecting developers to purchase expiring use affordable rental housing properties under the state's new affordable housing preservation law.

NEW BEDFORD, Jan. 8, 2010 --- Governor Deval Patrick and Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray have announced the investment of $153.9 million to support 26 affordable housing rental projects in 17 communities across the state.

BOSTON, Dec. 10, 2009 --- Fiscal disaster or red herring? Michael Goodman of the UMass Donahue Institute for Public Policy takes a look at the question of how new housing impacts municipal services. You may be surprised at what he's found.

44 units in Lawrence, 53 units in Chelsea, 43 units in Beverly

BOSTON, November 20, 2009 --- With loan commitments totaling over $6.3 million, MHP is helping three communities north of Boston add 140 units of rental housing.

SALEM, November 5, 2009 --- The Massachusetts Housing Partnership recently committed $650,000 in financing to help non-profit Salem Harbor Community Development Corporation construct 15 units of affordable rental housing on Palmer Street in Salem.

BOSTON (ROXBURY), November 6, 2009 --- The Massachusetts Housing Partnership recently committed $2.2 million in permanent rental financing to help non-profit developer Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation construct 48 units of affordable rental housing in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston.