Housing News
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Stacy Kirkpatrick, 52; caregiver to the neediestApr 28, 2016/
To those who live on the streets, Stacy Kirkpatrick was more than just a nurse practitioner at Boston Health Care for the Homeless — more than a caregiver who brought her healing presence to shelters. “She was my fam...
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Former Agawam Police Academy Will House Vets Follo...Apr 28, 2016/
Citizens Bank’s Community Development Lending Group yesterday announced a $10 million financing package for Soldier On Inc. Soldier On, a nonprofit that provides social services and transitional and permanent housin...
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Walsh Says Boston Is On Track To Meet New Housing ...Apr 27, 2016/
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh recently announced that according to the city’s quarterly housing report, Boston remains on target to meet the goal of creating 53,000 units of housing by 2030. According to his Q1 2016 ho...
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HAPHousing awarded funds for Northampton Lodging D...Mar 23, 2016/
NORTHAMPTON -- HAPHousing has recently been awarded affordable housing resources by the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development, to be used for HAP's Live 155 development at the Northampton Lodging ...
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Walsh Announces More Than $28M To Support Affordab...Mar 23, 2016/
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced $28 million in funding awards to support the creation of affordable housing throughout Boston yesterday. The funding, which will preserve or produce 837 housing units, comes from $21 m...
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IBA To Renovate South End ResidencesMar 03, 2016/
Boston-based nonprofit affordable housing agency Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA) has obtained $1.3 million in financing to renovate the 11-unit Residencia Betances in Boston’s South End. The housing development c...
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MassHousing Funds Improvements On Roxbury, Chelsea...Mar 02, 2016/
MassHousing has arranged financing to improve two Boston-area apartment complexes and maintain their affordability. The 90-unit Cleaves Court and Dimock Bragdon Apartments in Roxbury will receive $16.9 million in financ...
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Olde English Village Receives Financing For Renova...Mar 02, 2016/
Olde English Village Preservation L.P. has received a tax-exempt bond to acquire and renovate Olde English Village. The $12.9 million in financing will go toward improvements to the 200-unit affordable multifamily Gar...
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TND Upgrades Affordable Housing Situation In Chels...Feb 17, 2016/
MassDevelopment has issued a $5.825 million bond to fund an affordable housing project in Chelsea and Revere. The Neighborhood Developers (TND), the project’s sponsor, is using bond proceeds to acquire and renovate ...
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44-Story Apartment Tower to Replace Garden GarageFeb 12, 2016/
Boston officials approved a controversial proposal by Equity Residential to build 470 apartments on the site of the 650-space Garden Garage in the West End. The 44-story tower at 35 Lomasney Way will become the city’s...
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Local veterans group deserves praise for housing e...Jan 28, 2016/
Haverhill has always been good to its military veterans. Organizations such as the AmVets and the VFW provide services to local people who served their country. The Veterans Services Office in the Citizens Center does...
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In Easthampton village, everyone helps the childre...Dec 21, 2015/
The 5-year-old boy in the green shirt with “Cool Little Bro” written across the chest had just thumped 81-year-old Mary Steele in the nose with a balloon. Steele, who was baby-sitting the excited child for his foster...