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Mission Hill's vision for Roxbury Crossing begins to take shape

​BOSTON --- Mission Hill Neighborhood Housing Services’ efforts to bring housing and economic development to the neighborhood reached another milestone recently as it celebrated the start of construction at Parcel 25, a vacant two-acre parcel across the street from the Roxbury Crossing MBTA Orange Line station.

Watch national economic development consultant Matt Tarleton's presentation on what powers economic growth, delivered at the 2016 MHP Housing Institute.

Sign up for Dec. 9 trust training in Worcester

BOSTON --- This past summer, the Commonwealth took a big step in resolving discrepancies between the Community Preservation Act (CPA) and the Municipal Affordable Housing Trust (MAHT) statutes when Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law An Act Modernizing Municipal Finance and Government (H. 4565). Included in the bill were changes to the MAHT statute, MGL Chapter 44, Section 55c.

TILL Inc.'s Bridgeview Center combines housing with support for individuals, families

CHARLESTOWN ---- In explaining why Bridgeview Center has such a varied mix of apartments, Dafna Krouk-Gordon began by talking about why she founded Toward Independent Living and Learning Inc. (TILL) in the first place.

BOSTON --- MHP’s homeownership team hit the road this month, doing three events in Boston to explain the benefits of the ONE Mortgage program to prospective first-time homebuyers and realtors.

Go to the 5-minute mark of this video to hear Needham's Devra Bailin explain why housing is economic development.