Housing News

Bill Increases Tenant Involvement, Strengthens the Commonwealth's Public Housing System

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MassHousing has closed on $9.3 million in loans to preserve and update affordable housing units in Dorchester. The Lionhead Apartments are being acquired and renovated by the Abrams Development Co. As a condition of the financing, the owner has executed a 20-year extension to the Section 8 Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contract, extending the property’s affordability for 30 years as a condition of the use of Low Income Housing Tax Credits which generated nearly $6 million in equity for the acquisition and renovation of the property.

by Robert Hickey, National Housing Conference

WASHINGTON — Jul 28, 2014, 7:04 PM ET Former San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro has been sworn in as head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The official ceremony makes Castro one of the highest-ranking Hispanics in the government.

Danish company showcases 3D printed Lego-style home idea Trey Garrison  July 28, 2014 2:34PM Affordable housing is a worldwide challenge, even here in the United States. But when you think of it, people may have been playing with – and building – the very solution to the problem for going on 80-plus years.

By Donna Kimura There’s not a single county in the United States that has an even balance between the number of extremely low-income residents and affordable and available rental units. Not one.

By Paul McMorrow  | GLOBE COLUMNIST   JULY 29, 2014  

By: Deborah De Santis, President and CEO of CSH (Corporation for Supportive Housing) Posted: 07/28/2014 10:54 am EDT  Since 2005, the number of people in the U.S. experiencing longer-term (what is known as chronic) homelessness has been cut almost in half.