News Archive

  • Sixteen Lexington affordable housing units locked ...
    Wicked Local Lexington / Dec 18, 2017

    Lexington Housing Authority (LHA) is “now the proud owner of five condos at Pine Grove Village,” according to LHA Executive Director Caileen Foley. Foley made the announcement at the Dec. 13 Lexington Housing Autho...

  • Renovations complete at Framingham’s Tribune Apa...
    The MetroWest Daily News / Dec 15, 2017

    When he first arrived in Massachusetts in the early 1980s, Samuel Salguero had no trouble finding an affordable place to live. The 67-year-old immigrated to the United States from Guatemala decades ago, settling first...

  • By-women, for-women housing program helping to sav...
    Boston Herald / Dec 05, 2017

    Soldier On, a Leeds, Mass.-based charity aiming to end veteran homelessness, constructed 16 units of transitional housing specifically for women in December 2015 — and they were immediately fully occupied. “I thin...

  • Blanchard School housing project receives final fi...
    Worcester Telegram / Dec 01, 2017

    The Virginia A. Blanchard School has been vacant for 15 years, but after the last piece of financing fell into place Friday, it should see new occupants - renters in affordable apartments - by early 2019. The final fu...

  • CCRI Supports More Than 500 Housing Units For Vete...
    MassHousing Blog / Nov 30, 2017

    Veterans in Massachusetts and across the country are in need of housing and access to supportive services. MassHousing is partnering with a number of organizations to help increase the availability of quality affordable ...

  • Chinatown Development Includes 51 Affordable Condo...
    Banker & Tradesman / Nov 30, 2017

    A 51-unit development will provide homeownership units selling for under $200,000 in Boston’s Chinatown, a neighborhood under pressure from gentrification and conversion of apartments into short-term rentals. Asian ...

  • Ludlow Mill Redeveloped As 75-Unit Mixed-Income Co...
    Banker & Tradesman / Nov 14, 2017

    A $19.3 million redevelopment of a 110-year-old historic mill in Ludlow has generated 75 new units of mixed-income senior housing that are already 100 percent leased. The Residences at Mill 10 contains 63 one-bedroom ...

  • Northampton affordable housing apartment complex &...
    MassLive.com / Nov 01, 2017

    A groundbreaking ceremony was held in Northampton Wednesday for The Lumber Yard Apartments, a new affordable housing complex coming to the city. The project is the product of Northampton-based non-profit Valley Com...

  • $19M affordable housing project coming to Northamp...
    WWLP / Nov 01, 2017

    The Valley Community Development is investing $19 million to turn the former Northampton Lumber Company property into 55 affordable housing units and commercial space. “So the majority of the units are affordable to...

  • Multifamily Developer Breaks Ground On ‘Lean’ ...
    Banker & Tradesman / Oct 30, 2017

    Boston-based developer Urban Edge Housing Corp. broke ground Friday on the Walker Park apartments, a 49-unit, $17.5 million affordable rental housing complex in Roxbury’s Egleston Square. Urban Edge is redevelop...

  • Aspiring to Reach New Heights on Franklin Street i...
    The Daily Item / Oct 25, 2017

    The $4.5 million transformation of the former O’Keefe Alternative School on Franklin Street into a state-of-the-art early education center for Aspire Developmental Services is complete. “We have gone from a very s...

  • Upgrades Set To Begin At Fenway Complex
    Banker & Tradesman / Oct 16, 2017

    Longtime renters in the Boston’s Fenway neighborhood have felt the squeeze from rising rents and conversion of apartments into off-campus housing. The acquisition of the Burbank Gardens property by the Fenway Commun...