Halloween can tell you a lot about your neighborhood
In a timely essay, MHP's Manisha Bewtra talks about how many trick-or-treaters you get on Halloween can tell you a lot about your neighborhood's demographics and zoning.
Massachusetts
Housing Partnership
A public nonprofit that supports & finances affordable housing
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.
Learn MoreONE Mortgage
We partner with lenders all over Massachusetts to offer the state’s most affordable program for first-time buyers.
Learn MoreConference covers trusts from all angles
MARLBOROUGH --- A recent regional conference on affordable housing trusts gave community members from the greater Boston area a chance to learn how a trust works, how a developer thinks and how to move a development opportunity forward.
FY18 review:$222M in commitments is a record year for MHP
BOSTON --- MHP used its private bank financing and other capital sources in 2018 to preserve and stabilize affordable housing while also making long-term permanent loans to support the state’s efforts to add new housing.
Small town Goshen thinks big, shows what will and local money can do
GOSHEN --- In celebrating the grand opening of 10 affordable apartments for seniors, the Town of Goshen demonstrated what can be done when residents have initiative and local moneythey can use for housing.
Good news for homebuyers: People's United joins ONE Mortgage team
BOSTON --- The Massachusetts Housing Partnership (MHP) is proud to announce that People's United Bank has joined the team of more than 40 ONE Mortgage lenders across the state.
A ONE minute video on the benefits of ONE
At a recent Boston Home Center event, Mark D. Roberts, aka Mr. Real Estate, was nice enough to shoot some video of MHP's Jake Interrante on why ONE Mortgage is the best and most affordable mortgage program for first-time buyers. Check out this ONE minute video.
What's New at MHP
So just how many homes did Waltham allow while gaining 11,000 jobs?
Recently, the Globe's Tim Logan wrote about how Waltham added 11,000 jobs but just a few hundred homes. The lack of specificity was no accident. Finding out how many units have been permitted is a challenge for reporters and policy makers. In using various data sets to figure how many new homes Waltham permitted, MHP's Tom Hopper shows that answering this basic question isn't that simple.
Read MoreHousing builds hope
The latest MHP annual report features six stories of new beginnings for families and communities.
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