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Database of Expiring Use Properties in Massachusetts 2010 (PDF file) Notes to Accompany 2010 Expiring Use Database Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation  

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State Updates Conference Committee Releases FY’11 Budget

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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced a groundbreaking collaborative effort designed to help foster planning for more livable, sustainable communities – places where transportation, housing and commercial development investments are coordinated to better serve the people living in those communities.

WASHINGTON – On June 22, the lead Cabinet secretaries from the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) – from the U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and Veterans Affairs (VA) – joined Executive Director of the USICH Barbara Poppe to unveil and submit to the President and Congress the nation’s first comprehensive strategy to prevent and end homelessness. Domestic Policy Council Director Melody Barnes accepted the plan on behalf of President Barack Obama.

BOSTON – Monday, June 21, 2010 – As part of the Patrick-Murray Administration's ongoing commitment to boost affordable housing production, create jobs and foster economic growth, Governor Deval Patrick today pledged more than $189.9 million in resources leveraged from various affordable housing programs and private investment to support the construction of 32 rental developments in 19 communities across the state which will yield an estimated 2,400 construction jobs.

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The Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance (MSGA) has launched “Great Neighborhoods,” an initiative to establish partnerships with municipalities and community-based organizations to help create communities with a high quality of life that are affordable, diverse, and walkable.