MBTA community webinar series concludes
BOSTON --- MHP's fall webinar series for MBTA communities concluded on Nov. 30 with a discussion on affordability in your MBTA district.
Massachusetts Housing Partnership
Affordable homes, better lives
How MHP Works
Community Assistance
We support communities, housing authorities and nonprofits during the early stages of affordable housing development.
Learn MoreRental Financing
We use private sources of capital to provide long-term, fixed-rate financing for multifamily housing.
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We partner with lenders all over Massachusetts to offer the state’s most affordable program for first-time buyers.
Learn MoreTechnical assistance available for MBTA communities
BOSTON --- MHP is accepting applications for its 3A-TA program, a direct technical assistance program to help MBTA communities comply with the state’s new multifamily zoning requirement.
MHP commits $7.1M to Boston Capital for 83 affordable apartments
WORCESTER --- Using its bank-funded loan pool, the Massachusetts Housing Partnership (MHP) has committed $7.1 million in permanent loans to support the redevelopment of the former Table Talk Pie factory site into 83 affordable apartments.
MHP offers incentives for features that promote healthy housing
HOLYOKE --- The rehabilitation of Lyman Terrace has been national recognized, but the downtown public housing development also earned incentives through MHP's Green & Healthy Housing programs thanks to the inclusion of several healthy features to the apartments and common areas.
Homeownership notes: MassDREAMS attracts strong interest from homebuyers
A new state program aimed at providing down payment and closing cost assistance is seeing tremendous early interest from first-time homebuyers,
State launches MassDREAMS, grants for first-time homebuyers in communities disproportionately hurt by COVID-19
BOSTON – The Baker-Polito Administration, MHP and MassHousing have launched MassDREAMS, a new grant program to help residents of communities disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic achieve homeownership.
What's New at MHP
Equity & Residential Density in Massachusetts
Using census data and a new statewide MHP parcel data set, Rappaport Public Policy Fellow Aja Kennedy explores the relationship between density and diversity to show how less restrictive zoning practices have the potential to create more diverse communities.
Read More$1M grant from Barr Foundation will help MHP support MBTA communities
The funds will be used to help cities and towns comply with the new zoning requirement for MBTA cities and towns.
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