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Mayor Menino Announces Boston’s New Leading the Way III Housing Strategy

Executive Summary Details Focus on Workforce Housing; Continued Foreclosure Reclamation; Homelessness Reduction, Rental Housing Preservation

Mayor Menino Announces City Could Benefit from $8M to Aid Boston’s Foreclosure Efforts

Funding Will Enhance Foreclosure Intervention Team’s Neighborhood Stabilization Initiatives
February 10, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced that the City of Boston has been approved to receive $4.23 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as part of the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP),

Patrick-Murray Administration Announces Regional Pilot Networks to Lessen Shelter Needs for the Homeless

$8 Million in Funding to Help Agencies Coordinate, Streamline Services, and Find Permanent Housing for Homeless
BOSTON, MA - December 18, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — The Patrick-Murray Administration today continued to restructure support systems that serve the homeless by awarding $8 million to eight regional pilot networks around the state.

Governor Patrick Pledges $142 million in Public and Private Resources to Develop Affordable Rental Housing

Program funds, tax credits used to build, preserve 1,218 apartments in 20 communities
MA - August 14, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Governor Deval Patrick today pledged more than $142 million from state housing programs and equity leveraged from private sector investment in low-income housing tax credits to support projects statewide that will yield 1,218 rental apartments, […]

Massachusetts Awarded $3.2 Million for Affordable Housing

Amherst, Boston, Haverhill, Hull, Plymouth, and Worcester Initiatives Will Create 252 Rental and Ownership Units
BOSTON, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire/ — The Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (the Bank) awarded $3.2 million in grants, loans, and rate subsidies to fund 252 units of affordable housing in Amherst, Boston, Haverhill, Hull, Plymouth, and Worcester.