A public nonprofit that supports & finances affordable housing
We support communities, housing authorities and nonprofits during the early stages of affordable housing development.
Learn MoreWe use private sources of capital to provide long-term, fixed-rate financing for multifamily housing.
Learn MoreWe partner with lenders all over Massachusetts to offer the state’s most affordable program for first-time buyers.
Learn MoreMARLBOROUGH --- 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.
Continuing its efforts to help communities understand the value and effectiveness of local affordable housing trusts, MHP recently organized tours and regional roundtable discussions in Lenox, Amherst and Westford.
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.
BOSTON --- MHP used its private bank financing and other capital resources in Fiscal Year 2018 to preserve long-established affordable housing in some of Boston’s priciest neighborhoods while also making long-term permanent loans to support the city’s efforts to add affordable housing on vacant or underutilized properties.
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.
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.
BOSTON --- In its ongoing effort to support the Local Initiatives Support Corporation's efforts to encourage energy efficiency in affordable housing, MHP is co-sponsoring a training and letting property owners know about grants that will fund energy audits and kickoff design meetings to discuss ways to address energy issues.
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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.
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