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We support communities, housing authorities and nonprofits during the early stages of affordable housing development.
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Learn MoreWORCESTER --- A record 200-plus municipal leaders, volunteers, and staff in suburban and rural communities and gateway cities convened in Worcester for MHP's 18th Housing Institute. The two-day conference at the DCU Center was held on June 4 and 5.
Each year MHP honors individuals and communities that exemplify tireless leadership and commitment to supporting and furthering affordable housing across the commonwealth. Four honorees received this year’s Housing Hero Award. The recipients were honored on the second day of our annual Housing Institute on June 5 at Worcester's DCU Center. Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) Secretary Ed Augustus presented the awards.
MHP is deeply committed to providing equitable access and inclusion in affordable housing development, which is why it has expanded on the Working Capital Line of Credit (WCLOC) program with the addition of the Emerging Developer Working Capital Line of Credit (EDWCLOC) program.
STATE --- The pre-application period for the next round of Climate Ready Housing is open until April 11. The state funded opportunity funds deep energy retrofits in existing multifamily affordable housing. Funding will be leveraged competitively to support 10 to 15 projects.
LYNN -- Program launches with more than $11 million in public and private support from the Commonwealth, the Boston Foundation’s Racial Wealth Gap Partnership, and Eastern Bank and the Eastern Bank Foundation.
BOSTON --- Close to 6,000 Massachusetts homeowners who were seriously delinquent on their mortgages received assistance from MHP through the Massachusetts Homeowner Assistance Fund (Mass HAF) program.
Our collaborative effort between Massachusetts Housing Partnership’s Center for Housing Data (CHD), Way Finders, and the Western Massachusetts Housing Coalition launched in 2023 to analyze and better understand development potential in all parts of Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire counties. The purpose of this memo is to provide a summary of field work conducted in western Massachusetts, offer a methodological overview of our data-driven approach to exploring development opportunities, and present the results of four scenarios that use our novel database to identify and quantify certain types of development opportunities across the four counties in the region.
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BOSTON -- After 14 months of work, MHP is thrilled that “Building for Tomorrow: A report from the Unlocking Housing Production Commission” was released last week. This report, authored by experts across various fields, is the next step in increasing the supply of housing and lowering costs for residents of the Commonwealth.
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