Housing News

October 5, 2011
Statement of Aaron Gornstein, Executive Director, Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA) on the Massachusetts Legislature’s Expected Action to Increase Tax Credit Investment for Affordable Housing October 5, 2011
October 4, 2011
Please click here to access the datasets.
September 29, 2011
Click here to read the Boston Globe's story about Google investing $28 million in the Charlesview residences in Allston through the purchase of low income housing tax credits.
September 27, 2011
Please click here to view the data on the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities website.
September 26, 2011
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September 21, 2011
History and Overview of the Brownfields Tax Credit Frank Gardner Presentation - EPA Brownfields Program
September 20, 2011
Please click here to read the bill. Click here to read CHAPA's side-by-side summary of both House and Senate bills.
September 16, 2011
DHCD will be dedicating $2 million from the Affordable Housing Trust (AHT) to assist in re-occupying state-aided family public housing family units that have been vacant for 60 or more days and require capital repairs in excess of $2,500. Please click here to read the press release.
September 13, 2011
Text of President Obama's American Jobs Act can be read here. A description of Project Rebuild, the President's $15 billion plan to rehab commercial and residential properties, starts on page 58.

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