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Effective tool to deal with foreclosed, abandoned properites

NEW BEDFORD, May 22, 2012 --- An example of MHP's efforts to help communities stabilize foreclosed and abandoned properties was in the spotlight recently as state and city officials gathered in New Bedford to tour a property that has been transformed from a neighborhood eyesore into a handsome two-family home that will be sold to a first-time homebuyer.

40 affordable rental homes first to be built under Cambridgeport rezoning

CAMBRIDGE, May 16, 2012 --- Of all the people mentioned for playing a part in the construction of Putnam Green, the person who was thanked most often and most warmly was the late Geneva Malenfant, a community activist and Cambridge resident who was one of the people responsible for making this 40-unit affordable rental housing development a reality.

QUINCY, May 14, 2012 --- The City of Quincy marked Community Development Week last month by celebrating the progress of Winter Gardens, a new apartment building being developed by Neighborhood Housing Services of the South Shore (NHS).

BOSTON, May 5, 2012 --- The University of North Carolina's Center for Community Capital has released a case study on MHP's SoftSecond Loan Program to show how the program has effectively served low- and moderate-income first-time homebuyers.

BOSTON, MAY 2, 2012 --- In its latest review of foreclosure data, Foreclosure Monitor reports that while foreclosure activity is up in the first quarter of 2012, the increase was not enough to overcome the overall decline in foreclosure distress from its peak of two years ago.

BOSTON, APRIL 26, 2012 --- MHP Deputy Director Judy Jacobson has written an article in the latest edition of Shelter Force on the history and success of MHP's SoftSecond Loan Program.