by James Sanna | Nov 12, 2023
At the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, Juana Matias is on a mission to make sure knowledge about how to leverage federal affordable housing funds to build a career in housing development knows no color line.
by Lew Sichelman | Apr 16, 2023
When it comes to junk fees, nobody can hold a candle to landlords. Not even mortgage lenders. Now, the Biden administration is pushing landlords to cut back these charges.
by Susan Gittelman | Feb 19, 2023
The $1.2 trillion federal infrastructure law had an unintended consequence: Forcing affordable housing developments to abide by expensive and potentially unavailable U.S.-produced materials. Now there’s relief.
by Banker & Tradesman | May 1, 2022
Banks and homebuilders see business opportunities in zoning changes that will allow significantly more Cape Cod residents to carve rental units out of their houses with a significant reduction in red tape.
by The Associated Press | Apr 7, 2021
Thanks to a coronavirus pandemic-fueled mortgage boom, states will get nearly $700 million in federal grants from a special program for low-income housing, more than double the amount distributed last year.
by The Associated Press | Jul 24, 2020
The Trump administration said Thursday that it is revoking an Obama-era housing regulation designed to eliminate racial disparities in the suburbs, a move that fair housing advocates have decried as an election year stunt designed to manipulate the fears of white voters.
by The Associated Press | Feb 18, 2020
Dozens of public housing authorities across Massachusetts are sharing about $88 million in federal grants to help improve their properties and make them more livable.
by Diane McLaughlin | Jan 19, 2020
Despite rising home prices and lagging wage growth, lenders can count on Millennials to be among the borrowers this spring, with more and more becoming first-time homebuyers thanks to down payment assistance programs.
by Lew Sichelman | Jul 14, 2019
The Trump administration has decided the country’s 800,000 “Dreamers” – undocumented immigrants brought here as children but who have grown up here – are no longer eligible for federally insured mortgages, causing consternation and confusion among mortgage lenders.
by The Associated Press | Mar 28, 2019
President Donald Trump has issued an order for the government to end its 10-year conservatorship of the mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
by The Associated Press | Mar 20, 2019
The changes to Facebook’s advertising methods are unprecedented. The social network says it will no longer allow housing, employment or credit ads that target people by age, gender or ZIP code.
by Banker & Tradesman | Feb 20, 2018
A surge in multifamily production pushed overall housing starts up 9.7 percent in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.33 million units after an upwardly revised December reading, according to newly released data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Commerce Department.
by The Associated Press | May 12, 2017
A former housing authority employee in Massachusetts is heading to prison for embezzling more than $70,000 in rent payments.
by Banker & Tradesman | Dec 28, 2016
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh recently announced the city has received a $24.2 million federal award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that will support Boston’s efforts to end chronic homelessness.
by Banker & Tradesman | Sep 2, 2016
A real estate developer and a former city of Worcester housing official were recently charged in U.S. District Court in Worcester in connection with a $2.3 million fraud scheme relating to the redevelopment of a multifamily property in Worcester.
by Banker & Tradesman | Jul 7, 2015
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced that the...
by Banker & Tradesman | Apr 7, 2015
The former assistant director of the Chelsea Housing...
by Banker & Tradesman | Mar 20, 2015
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)is expanding a program aimed at low-income workers, providing business that hire such workers with opportunities to work on HUD contracts.