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BOSTON, Aug. 29, 2012 - The Massachusetts Housing Partnership's SoftSecond Loan Program today announced Rockland Trust has received its HomeSafe Award in recognition of the bank's outstanding success making loans to working-class, first-time homebuyers in Massachusetts.

FAIRHAVEN, Aug. 28, 2012 --- MHP has honored Southern Mass Credit Union with a HomeSafe Award for its success making loans to first-time homebuyers.

Ceremony part of 6th Mass. Housing Institute at Devens

BOSTON, July 30, 2012 --- In an effort to emphasize the importance of local leadership, MHP handed out awards to recognize three Local Housing Heroes at the sixth annual Mass. Housing Institute. The honorees were selected for their leadership and commitment to creating or supporting affordable housing in their community.

BOSTON, July 18, 2012 --- The first federally-funded apartment building of its kind to set aside units for people with HIV/AIDs will remain affordable for years to come thanks to an innovating financing collaboration between MHP, MassDevelopment and BNY-Mellon.

SOMERVILLE, June 25, 2012 --- Having grown up in the city, Ward 4 City Councilor Tony Lafuente knows that the Saint Polycarp church and parochial school site has always been an asset to the city and that's why he's happy to see that the Somerville Community Corporation (SCC) is taking steps to keep it that way.

SPRINGFIELD, June 11, 2012 --- The ribbon cutting punctuating First Resource Company's seven-year effort to rehabilitate 445 apartments was noteworthy not just because of the physical improvements to the buildings but also because every speaker talked about developer Gordon Pulsifer's dedication to management and his company's commitment to remain visible in the neighborhood for the long run.