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BOSTON - September 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing and the state Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) announced $11.5 million in Affordable Housing Trust Fund (AHTF) loan closings today for affordable housing communities in Boston, Cambridge, Chicopee, Lawrence, Mashpee, Springfield and Stow. The AHTF financing will help create or substantially rehabilitate and preserve the affordability of 1,506 apartments in the seven communities. “Affordable housing is always in high demand across Massachusetts," said Aaron Gornstein, Undersecretary for Housing and Community Development.

BOSTON - August 9, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing's David Keene has been elected to serve a one-year term as Vice President on the National Leased Housing Association Board of Directors.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced today that 37 Hendry Street, a property key to the revitalization of Dorchester’s formerly-blighted Hendry Street, has been sold to Urban Neighborhood Homes, LLC, a local community developer with a long history of working in the neighborhood. The sale, which went to record last week, marks the return of the last of the street’s “Problem Properties” to local ownership

BOSTON - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that the Springfield, Massachusetts Housing Authority will pay an $11,000 penalty for failing to inform tenants their apartments may contain lead-based paint, as required by law. In addition, the housing authority agreed to render apartment buildings at four of its properties lead safe at a cost of more than $49,500.

Boston, MA - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced that the Springfield, Mass. Housing Authority will pay an $11,000 penalty for failing to inform tenants their apartments may contain lead-based paint, as required by law. In addition, the housing authority agreed to render apartment buildings at four of its properties lead safe at a cost of more than $49,500.

BOSTON, MA - July 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing announced today that it has closed $30.4 million in loans for the acquisition, renovation and preservation of affordability of the 129-unit Quincy Heights in Dorchester

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced the selection of retail real estate firm CB Richard Ellis/Grossman Retail Advisors (CBRE/GRA) for advisory services in leasing retail space at the future Dudley Square Municipal Center. CBRE/GRA will build on Dudley Square’s existing retail offerings by assisting the City of Boston’s project team with securing exciting retailers to further activate the street and provide amenities to the new facility.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced the City will conduct a complete needs assessment of more than 4,300 Boston Housing Authority (BHA) residents living in elder and disabled housing. Residents will be surveyed by staff and volunteers to determine their needs and connect them to appropriate community resources and services. The effort is a collaboration between the BHA, the Disability Commission and the Elderly Commission

BOSTON, MA - June 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing announced today that Patriot Community Bank of Woburn is an approved lender of the "Get the Lead Out" lead paint removal loan program

BOSTON, MA - June 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing has closed on $2 million in loans for the award-winning, 75-unit Linwood Mill, a new affordable housing community for low-income senior citizens in Northbridge

BOSTON - June 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing has closed on $2.1 million in loans for the 66-unit Barstow Village, a newly constructed affordable housing community for senior citizens in Hanover.

BOSTON - June 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A former Quincy man, now living in New Hampshire, was sentenced yesterday for carrying out two elaborate tax evasion schemes and theft of federal housing assistance funds

BOSTON, MA - June 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing and the state Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) announced $9.3 million in Affordable Housing Trust Fund (AHTF) loan closings today for affordable housing communities in Boston, Centerville, Haverhill, Paxton, Westhampton and Worcester.

WALTHAM, MA - June 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® (MAR) reported today that more homes were put under agreement in the month of May than in any month since January 2004 when MAR began tracking this data. Condominium pending sales also hit their highest point in the nine years of tracking. Pending sales figures (also called homes under agreement) are a leading indicator of actual housing sales in Massachusetts for the following 2-3 months.

Boston, MA - June 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation and the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development invite homeowners, industry leaders, advocates, and the general public to participate in a Twitter Town Hall surrounding housing issues