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Housing News
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 -...
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...
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. Please click here to download the report. 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.
DHCD Announces TCAP and Tax Credit Exchange Funding Round – February 22, 2010
Re: Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP) – Round #3 – March 5, 2010 The Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) will accept applications from eligible sponsors for Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP) funds on or before Friday, March 5, 2010. Interested...
NHC Releases Paper on Rental Housing Affordability – November 8, 2010
In the wake of the mortgage foreclosure crisis, calls have grown for a national housing policy that more evenly balances homeownership and rental housing. As America “rediscovers” the rental option, one could easily forget that for at least the past several decades...
President Obama Releases FY2011 HUD Budget – February 1, 2010
WASHINGTON - U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan today unveiled the Department’s fiscal year 2011 budget proposal, following President Barack Obama’s presentation of his Administration-wide budget. The HUD budget focuses on fiscal...
Statement of Aaron Gornstein on the Upcoming State Budget – January 3, 2011
This month, Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA) joined several other partners to advocate for adequate budget resources to keep families, persons with disabilities, and seniors in affordable homes instead of shelters. The group, called the Building...