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Governor Charlie Baker and Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito announced thirteen awards from the Massachusetts Downtown Initiative to communities across the Commonwealth. Through the MDI Technical Assistance Program, these grants support local downtown revitalization efforts by connecting municipalities with high-impact consultant services. This year’s awards, totaling $130,000, are set aside from the Community Development Block Grant program every year, and are administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development.

The Public Building Commission of the Town of Scituate, Massachusetts will issue periodic public updates about the construction progress for the Town Library project. Groundbreaking occurred on September 1, 2015. The project remains on budget. Completion is anticipated for late 2016/early 2017.

Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) will ride from Worcester to Boston to highlight a permanent increase in the commuter tax benefit for mass transit riders that was included in a bipartisan multi-year tax package that was signed into law in December 2015.

BOSTON – March 15, 2016 – (RealEstateRama) — During his annual speech before the Boston Municipal Research Bureau, Mayor Martin J. Walsh today will...

As more Massachusetts homeowners seek clean and renewable energy sources to provide electricity, Attorney General Maura Healey is providing tips for consumers when purchasing or leasing solar panels.

Awards will support the creation of 312 units for at-risk populations Framingham – March 14, 2016 – (RealEstateRama) — Today the Baker-Polito Administration announced more...

National Recreation and Park Association and American Planning Association host Great Urban Parks Campaign: Green Infrastructure in Underserved Communities convening ATLANTA – (RealEstateRama) — Thought...

Each year, CHAPA travels across Massachusetts to meet with housing professionals, advocates, community members, elected officials, and other stakeholders that want to expand access to safe, quality, and affordable housing. Please join us as we share updates on affordable housing and to help us develop agendas for our public policy, research, and programming for the year

MassHousing announced today that North Shore Bank is offering Operation Welcome Home, MassHousing's mortgage program designed to make it easier for Massachusetts veterans to purchase their first home.

U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Congressman John K. Delaney (Md.-6) and Congressman Ben Lujan (N.M.-3) have filed resolutions in the House and Senate affirming the establishment of a national goal of more than 50 percent of America’s electricity production coming from clean and carbon-free electricity sources by 2030 and calling for the enactment of new legislation to achieve this goal. In a show of significant support for this initiative, the “50x30 Resolutions” are cosponsored by 30 Senators and 103 House Members.

Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after the full U.S. Senate yesterday voted to pass the “Securing America’s Future Energy: Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety (SAFE PIPES) Act, which included three Markey amendments to strengthen America’s natural gas pipelines. Two of Senator Markey’s amendments would help address lost and unaccounted for natural gas from aging, leaky pipelines. The Obama Administration’s recently released Quadrennial Energy Review highlighted the fact that most safety incidents on natural gas pipelines occur on distribution pipelines.

Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced today that the City has selected Boston Garden Development Corporation as the vendor who will work with the City of Boston to enhance City Hall Plaza.

The Massachusetts Maritime Academy Wastewater Treatment Plant was recently honored with a “2015 Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant Excellence Award” by the US Environmental Protection Agency’s New England regional office.

Families living at the 71-unit Chelsea Square apartments in Chelsea will see the extension of affordability as a result of $5.1 million in MassHousing financing. Chelsea Square Associates, which owns Chelsea Square, is refinancing the property and will extend the federal Section 8 Housing Assistance Payment contact on the 71 apartments for 20 years.

Crowninshield Management Corporation has refinanced King's Beach Tower and has extended the federal Section 8 Housing Assistance Payment contact on the 183 apartments for 20 years as part of the MassHousing financing.