February
10
2020
One year after changing its requirements to help more credit-worthy buyers, MHP’s ONE Mortgage found that its decision delivered more opportunity for low- and moderate-income homebuyers of color.
February
7
2020
On Jan. 30, 2020, Michelle Apigian of ICON Architecture gave this presentation on Passive House design at Finch Cambridge. Her presentation was part of an MHP workshop for nonprofit affordable housing development staff and others interested in incorporating sustainable features into their projects.
February
7
2020
On. Jan. 30, 2020 at MHP, Jane Carbone of Homeowners Rehab Inc. (HRI) presented this explainer on how HRI has evolved in incorporating sustainable design into its affordable housing developments, leading up to Finch Cambridge, a 98-unit affordable housing project built to Passive House standards.
February
7
2020
On Jan. 30, Passive House Massachusetts Executive Director Aaron Gunderson presented this explainer at an MHP workshop for nonprofit affordable housing development staff and others interested in incorporating sustainable features into their projects.
January
1
2020
Read about the origins and history of ONE Mortgage, and how its unique features have helped over 22,000 low- and moderate-income families buy their first home, half to people of color. The program was created in 1990 to address findings of racial discrimination in mortgage lending in Boston and was soon offered across statewide. It is successful because it breaks down barriers that used to prevent creditworthy families from buying a home, especially minority families and those living in historically under-served neighborhoods
December
26
2019
On Friday December 20, 2019, the state Dept. of Housing and Community Development issued a so-called "1.5 percent ruling" concerning an application by a developer for a Ch. 40B comprehensive land use permit in Watertown. DHCD found that Watertown is in compliance with the requirement that 1.5 percent of the town's land that is zoned for residential, commercial or industrial use is being used for affordable housing. Thus, the town has achieved "safe harbor" from having to accept Ch. 40B permit applications. This is the first community to achieve the 1.5 percent since new regulations went into effect in 2008. Prior to this, towns that have achieved "safe harbor" have done so by having 10 percent of its housing affordable.