July
2
2007
CHATHAM --- This Cape Cod community has turned to the CPA to help provide housing for a workforce that is competing with vacationers buying second homes.
July
2
2007
NEWTON --- This well-to-do city west of Boston has used CPA to create affordability within its existing housing stock and to help first-time homebuyers purchase homes in the city.
July
2
2007
WESTPORT --- This town in southeastern Mass. used CPA funds to identify real estate opportunities and then purchased the land for affordable housing development.
July
2
2007
WESTFORD - Using $250,000 to prepare a site for housing is one of several ways that this town northwest of Boston has used CPA funds for housing.
June
25
2007
An overview of additional revenue sources for trusts.
May
1
2007
This study, prepared by the Donahue Institute at the University of Massachusetts on behalf of CHAPA, is to determine whether mixed-income developments that have been built in the state did, in fact, place burdens on their communities. The report attempts to add to public understanding of two fundamental questions that often confront new construction in municipalities: Does the housing development increase net costs over time? Does the housing development pay its fair share of town costs over time? The UMass Donahue Institute conducted the study over the course of nine months and incorporated extensive field work in seven municipalities with mixed-income, homeownership developments.