MHP News

Foreclosure Monitor: Outside Hub, foreclosed property market weak BOSTON, Jan. 11, 2012 --- As lenders renew foreclosure activities, more than half of all properties in foreclosure are becoming bank-owned, indicating that despite low interest rates, third-party buyers in Massachusetts have little appetite for foreclosed properties, especially outside of Boston.

MHP participates in radio roundtable BOSTON, Nov. 23, 2011 --- MHP Deputy Director Judy Jacobson recently participated in a radio broadcast roundtable discussion on how foreclosures and distressed properties are impacting the Worcester area.

State: Legislature hears testimony on effectiveness of 40B BOSTON, Oct. 26, 2011 --- In testimony before a state legislative committee earlier this month, MHP Executive Director Clark Ziegler said the state's comprehensive permit law known as Ch. 40B is doing an effective job but said the larger issue is that the state needs to overhaul its zoning laws

SoftSecond featured in discussion on future of homeownership WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 29, 2011 --- Homebuyer education, risk retention by private lenders and a loan review system that includes a "second look" by the program's public administrator are three reasons why the Commonwealth's SoftSecond Loan Program has been so successful in making loans to low and moderate first-time homebuyers, according to Judy Jacobson of the Massachusetts Housing Partnership.

Globe names MHP's Ziegler one of state's top innovators BOSTON, May 22, 2011 --- The Boston Globe has named MHP Executive Director Clark Ziegler one of the state's 30 Most Innovative People in Massachusetts Business.

4 MHP-funded affordable rental developments recognized BOSTON, May 10, 2011 --- Four multi-family rental developments funded by the Massachusetts Housing Partnership (MHP) have recently been recognized for outstanding achievement in affordable housing development.

MHP's 2010 annual report BOSTON, March 9, 2011 --- The Massachusetts Housing Partnership recently released its 2010 annual report. Entitled "Good homes, better lives", this year's report focuses on the stories of six families whose lives have been enhanced by having an affordable place to live. The report also describes many of the programs MHP offers to help create and finance affordable housing.

NSP revisted: MHP's Jacobson writes on pros, cons of fed program BOSTON, Jan. 4, 2011 --- MHP Deputy Director Judy Jacobson has written an article on how regulations and restrictions made it initially more difficult to use federal Neighborhood Stabilization Funds to support neighborhoods hard-hit by foreclosures.

Foreclosure Monitor: Market appetite for 3-families spurs concerns BOSTON, June 17, 2010 --- MHP's latest Foreclosure Monitor has taken a look a three-family homes in Massachusetts to see what role they are playing in the foreclosure crisis and the state's real estate recovery.

Foreclosure Monitor: How 2nd wave may impact economic recovery BOSTON, March 3, 2010 --- This month's Foreclosure Monitor gauges how big the state's 'shadow inventory'of potential foreclosed properties is and where it may slow the real estate recovery.