CHAPA is promoting Senior Program Manager Katy Trudeau to a new position: Director of Special Projects. Katy has been at CHAPA for 5 years and has done an outstanding job, readily earning this promotion.
CHAPA will be hiring a new Program Manager to manage the Massachusetts Homeownership Collaborative and HUD Housing Counseling Program. The deadline for responses is Friday, August 10th. Please click here to view the job description.
Housing News
July 23, 2012
Click here for the NOFA document.
Click here for additional information and documentation on DHCD's website.
July 19, 2012
Please click here for DHCD's announcement and contact information.
July 19, 2012
From MHP:
BOSTON, July 19, 2012 - As the real estate market inches toward recovery, one trend to watch is how many troubled properties are being scooped up by buyers purchasing multiple properties, thereby raising the possibility of a return to the real estate bubble days of property flipping, absentee landlords and neighborhood destabilization.
July 19, 2012
Please click here to download Tim Warren's presentation from CHAPA's July 17th forum on foreclosures in Massachusetts.
July 12, 2012
Please click here to download DHCD's newsletter.
July 10, 2012
Integrated Mortgage Disclosures under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (Regulation X) and the Truth In Lending Act (Regulation Z)
AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
ACTION: Proposed rule with request for public comment - comments due September 7, 2012
July 5, 2012
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is encouraging borrowers who were financially harmed in the mortgage foreclosure process in 2009 and 2010 to request an independent review. If the review finds errors in how your foreclosure was handled, you may be eligible to receive compensation. You have until September 30, 2012, to submit your request. Get more information or start the process by visiting www.independentforeclosurereview.com
June 28, 2012
State Updates
Massachusetts Legislature Approves FY2013 Budget, Increases Funding for Several Housing Programs
On June 28, 2012 the Massachusetts Legislature finalized its FY’13 budget. Governor Patrick now has 10 days, excluding Sundays and holidays, to sign the budget and issue vetoes or amendments for budget items he does not approve.
June 22, 2012
Public Housing and the Patrick-Murray Administration’s Vision
Since taking office in 2008, the Patrick-Murray Administration has taken bold and decisive action to protect and strengthen the safety net that state-aided public housing’s 45,600 units provides for our state’s most vulnerable families, seniors and persons with disabilities. The significant gains this Administration has made through substantial funding increases and program innovation laid the foundation for the work of the Commission for Public Housing Sustainability and Reform (“The Commission”).