Building Blocks Coalition FY 2011 State Budget Priorities – December 23, 2009
Please click here to read the Building Blocks Coalition’s letter supporting funding of affordable housing and homelessness prevention in the FY 2011 Budget.
Bay State Foreclosure Petitions Drop In January (Banker & Tradesman) – March 2, 2010
The number of foreclosures started by lenders in Massachusetts during the month of January dropped to the lowest level in more than a year, according to a new report by The Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman.
Lenders filed 1,874 petitions to foreclose – which mark the first step in the foreclosure process in Massachusetts – in January, a 9 percent decrease from 2,060 in December and 4.4 percent drop from a year earlier. Foreclosure petitions exceeded 2,000 for most months in 2009, falling below that number only in January and November.
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HUD Issues Proposed Fair Market Rents for FY2011 – August 9, 2010
Click here to view the Federal Register Notice from August 4, 2010.
Click here to view the FY2011 Proposed Fair Market Rents.
August Bay State Foreclosure Petitions Reach Highest Level In A Year (Banker & Tradesman) – September 23, 2010
Foreclosure petitions reached the highest number in more than a year in August, while foreclosure deeds increased for the eighth straight month in Massachusetts, according to The Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman.
Foreclosure petitions – the first step in the foreclosure process in Massachusetts – jumped to 2,713 in August, a 13.23 percent increase from a year ago, when there were 2,396 starts. Foreclosure petitions were also up in August from the 2,307 starts recorded a month ago. A total of 18,358 foreclosure petitions have been recorded so far this year, a slight decrease from the 19,108 recorded during the same period in 2009.
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Urban Land Institute Releases Priced Out Report on Greater Boston – October 4, 2010
The Urban Land Institute has released a “Priced Out” report on the presistence of the workforce housing gap in the Boston Metro area.
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Click here to view the slideshow presentation from the report’s announcement event.
House Passes Financial Regulatory Reform Bill – December 11, 2009
Please click here to read the bill text and related documents.