Housing News

Think it is tough landing a market-rate apartment? Try snagging an affordable rental. Richard Thal, executive director of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (NDC), notes the nonprofit has been floode...

Solving the Massachusetts affordable housing crisis will not be possible unless we preserve existing housing as well as produce new homes. Given the housing production constraints Massachusetts faces, losing even one un...

Earlier this week, the Worcester Regional Research Bureau published a brief indicating that only 46 of 351 Massachusetts communities have achieved a state guideline (Chapter 40B) requiring at least 10 percent of their ho...

Home Funders is sponsoring an Innovation Fund Competition to develop new strategies and solutions to increase the supply of affordable housing for extremely low-income (ELI) families. The program is encouraging a wide r...

MassDevelopment has announced additional funding for Springfield Technical Community College Assistance Corporation and the Phoenix Public Charter Academy High School project. MassDevelopment, the state's economic devel...

Nonprofit community-building organization Inquilinos Boricuas En Accion (IBA) was formed in 1968 when urban renewal threatened the homes of longtime residents of Boston’s South End. Nearly a half-century later, housing...

The Community Builders (TCB) of Boston have arranged for a financing package through MassHousing to renovate its historic affordable housing apartment complex in Chinatown. The 12-story, 88-unit Chauncy House, located a...

MassHousing Executive Director Thomas R. Gleason has been re-elected president of the board of directors of the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA). Gleason brings 37 years of experience with affordable h...

Just-A-Start recently celebrated the preservation and rehabilitation of the Bishop Allen Apartments, a 32–unit family housing development. The ceremonial ribbon cutting brought together both state and local leaders de...

The need is clear: Massachusetts requires more affordable housing, but projects aren’t being built fast enough – and the sometimes brutal approval process leaves many a bruised municipality in its wake. A 2014 Massa...

The Hong Lok House, a recently redeveloped low-income housing residence for Chinatown seniors, was recently completed. The $37-million project features 74 new units, replacing the former 28-unit elder housing facility b...

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Jackson Square Partners recently announced three milestones marking the final phases of development in the $250 million Jackson Square Redevelopment Master Plan, conceived and developed o...