March
1
2010
Includes essays on MHP's rental housing financing efforts in Amherst, Canton, Haverhill, Boston and Springfield, as well as a profile of a Lynn family that bought it's first home with a SoftSecond loan.
December
29
2009
Presented by the Brookings Institute, new Census numbers released last week underscore an often unnoticed consequence of the what Time magazine called the “Decade from Hell”: a topsy-turvy pattern of population movement both across the U.S. and into its borders over a 10 year period which is ending with the greatest migration slowdown since the end of World War II. These migration shifts were affected by a series of events that include a mid-decade housing bubble, followed by the financial crises and Great Recession, in addition to the mobility implications of Katrina and the 9-11 terrorist attacks. They led to boom, and then bust experiences for much of the South and West as the decade began, and windfall gains for northern and coastal states that were major donors to the earlier Sun Belt surge.
December
23
2009
BOSTON --- At the request of the Massachusetts Housing Partnership, Recap Advisors has prepared a white paper listing strategic recommendations for how states can best use their low income housing tax credit allocations (LIHTC) in 2009. Recap Advisors is a Boston-based company that specializes in managing the assets and finances of multifamily residential properties.
December
17
2009
A summary of employee standards and policies.
December
9
2009
In a new report the Brookings Institute finds that more Americans are choosing to stay put rather than uproot themselves and their families. The Institute uses Census and IRS data to analyze recent migration trends across the United States showing significant shifts in how frequently, and to where, Americans are moving. Large urban areas such as Boston, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia saw net out-migration shrink significantly from 2005 to 2008.
November
24
2009
This report, produced by the Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth (MassINC), examines state housing spending over the last 15 years and finds that programs designed primarily to increase affordability in strong markets have not been able to meet the needs of Gateway Cities, where the challenge is lack of demand, not lack of supply.