Monthly Archives: May 2014

MassHousing Awards $200,000 for Affordable Sober Housing

BOSTON - May 22, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing has awarded $200,000 to support affordable sober housing programs for men in Fitchburg and veterans and their families in Quincy. The MassHousing grants will come from the Center for Community Recovery Innovations, Inc. (CCRI), a nonprofit subsidiary corporation of MassHousing that supports non-profits that create or preserve affordable sober housing in Massachusetts for recovering substance abusers.

Distressed Affordable Housing Property in Middleborough to Receive Substantial Renovation as a Result of...

BOSTON - May 22, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Residents of the 64-unit Middlebury Arms apartment community in Middleborough will see major renovations to the property as a result of $9.2 million in MassHousing financing.

AG Coakley Urges FHFA to Use Buyback Programs and Principal Reductions to Keep People...

BOSTON - May 16, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Saying in a letter file size 2MB today that the use of buyback programs and principal reductions are “key to helping homeowners recover from this foreclosure crisis,” Attorney General Martha Coakley urged the new director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to use buybacks or face legal action

GOVERNOR PATRICK CELEBRATES COMPLETION OF FIRST HOUSING DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM PROJECT IN CHELSEA

CHELSEA - May 15, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Deval Patrick today joined local officials at the ribbon cutting ceremony of Flats at 44, the first Housing Development Incentive Program (HDIP) project to be completed.

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AG Healey Secures $2 Million in Restitution for 20,000 Massachusetts Homeowners...

One of the nation’s largest mortgage servicers will pay $2 million in restitution to resolve allegations that it violated state law and committed unfair and deceptive practices by charging Massachusetts homeowners for unnecessary fees and overpriced force-placed insurance policies, Attorney General Maura Healey announced today