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Application Period Opens for $1 Million Grant Program to Revitalize Distressed Properties
May 10, 2013 Posted by Massachusetts RealEstateRama
BOSTON – May 10, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — In an effort to help Massachusetts municipalities with high rates of distressed and vacant properties turn the corner on the foreclosure crisis, Attorney General Martha Coakley today opened the application period for a $1 million grant program designed to identify and return bank-owned properties to productive residential use
Application Period Opens for $5 Million Abandoned Housing Grant Program
April 12, 2013 Posted by Massachusetts RealEstateRama
BOSTON – April 12, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — In an effort to increase the rehabilitation of distressed and abandoned properties in Massachusetts, Attorney General Martha Coakley today opened the application period for a $5 million grant program. Utilizing funds recovered through the nationwide state-federal settlement over unlawful foreclosures, the Abandoned Housing Initiative Receivership Fund (AHI Fund) will assist local communities in mitigating the impacts of the foreclosure crisis.
CHAPA Announces Small Technical Assistance Grants to Massachusetts Communities
January 23, 2013 Posted by Massachusetts RealEstateRama
WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 23, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — CHAPA is introducing the second phase of its Welcome Home Massachusetts initiative: Technical Assistance Grants will be offered to communities to both energize and mobilize local support for affordable housing or create additional affordable housing opportunities.
MassHousing Awards $350,000 for Affordable Sober Housing
May 21, 2012 Posted by Massachusetts RealEstateRama
BOSTON – May 21, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — MassHousing has awarded $350,000 in financing to help create 47 new units of affordable sober housing in Boston, Chelmsford, Somerville and Westford
MassHousing Awards $300,000 for Affordable Sober Housing
November 22, 2011 Posted by Massachusetts RealEstateRama
BOSTON, MA – November 22, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — MassHousing has awarded $300,000 in financing to help create or preserve affordable sober housing in Brockton, Lowell, Springfield and Worcester.
Boston Receives $20.5M HUD Grant to Transform Dorchester’s Quincy Corridor
September 1, 2011 Posted by Massachusetts RealEstateRama
Boston, MA – September 1, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Mayor Thomas M. Menino today joined U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan as HUD announced that Boston is receiving $20.5M to redevelop the Woodledge/Morrant Bay Apartments and revitalize Dorchester’s Quincy Corridor.
Boston Bar Foundation Announces Grants of $1.1 Million
August 29, 2011 Posted by Massachusetts RealEstateRama
Boston, MA – August 29, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — The Boston Bar Foundation (BBF) today announced grants totaling $1.1 million to 25 Massachusetts community organizations providing a wide variety of core legal services — from domestic violence and immigration to housing and homelessness. The $1.1 million represents an almost $50,000 increase in core legal services grants, compared with F.Y. ’10.
MassHousing Awards $150,000 for Affordable Sober Housing
May 11, 2011 Posted by Massachusetts RealEstateRama
BOSTON, MA – May 11, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — MassHousing has awarded $150,000 in financing to help create or preserve affordable sober housing in Sandwich and Tewksbury.
Attorney General Martha Coakley Obtains Appointment of a Receiver to Manage the Pocasset Mobile Home Park
February 24, 2011 Posted by Massachusetts RealEstateRama
BOSTON, MA – February 24, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — A receiver has been appointed to operate and manage the Pocasset Mobile Home Park under an order obtained by Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office. The manufactured housing community located in Bourne has experienced ongoing sewage overflows from its septic system in the last year.
Congressman Tierney, Bridgewell Announce More than $1.7 Million to Build Housing for Local Seniors and Disabled Adults
July 26, 2010 Posted by Massachusetts RealEstateRama
Lynn, MA – July 26, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — Today, Congressman John Tierney (D-MA) announced that Bridgewell, a Lynnfield-based nonprofit, received a $1,715,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, to build ten units of housing for local seniors and residents with developmental disabilities in Lynn. The program and apartments are designed to allow residents to live independently.
City Receives $1M in HUD Funding Bonus to Create Permanent Housing for Homeless
July 20, 2010 Posted by Massachusetts RealEstateRama
July 20, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced that the Department of Neighborhood Development (DND) has recently been awarded a Permanent Housing Funding Bonus grant of more than $1 million by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that will provide for permanent housing for 22 homeless families who are currently living in emergency shelter, or in hotels or motels
MARKEY ANNOUNCES $6 MILLION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRESERVATION IN MALDEN
June 24, 2010 Posted by Massachusetts RealEstateRama
MEDFORD, MA – June 24, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Malden) announced Monday that over $6 million in combined federal and state funding will soon be released for the preservation of 272 rental housing units, 251 of which will be set aside as affordable housing, for the City of Malden. The maintenance and restoration of these rental units will boost the availability of affordable housing in Malden, while creating jobs and fostering economic growth
MassHousing Awards $180,000 for Sober Housing and Services for Women
May 12, 2010 Posted by Massachusetts RealEstateRama
Funding will benefit sober housing programs in Roxbury, New Bedford and Tewksbury
BOSTON, MA – May 12, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — MassHousing has awarded $180,000 in funding to help create new units of affordable sober housing for women in Roxbury and New Bedford and housing stabilization services for women in Tewksbury
Kerry, Tsongas Announce $5 Million For Energy Efficiency Initiative In Lowell
April 21, 2010 Posted by Massachusetts RealEstateRama
BOSTON, MA – April 21, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — Senator John Kerry and Congresswoman Niki Tsongas today announced that the Carbon-Neutral Lowell Park and Preservation District initiative will receive $5 million in Recovery Act funding from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Mayor Menino announces Boston will receive major grant to expand broadband access
December 17, 2009 Posted by Massachusetts RealEstateRama
December 17, 2009 – (RealEstateRama) — Today, Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced that Boston is one of the first cities in the nation to receive a major grant of $1.9 million from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) through the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
