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2. Boston Housing Authority - Wikipedia

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   The BHA was established on October 1, 1935 by the mayor and city council of Boston under Massachusetts General Law allowing cities and towns of Massachusetts to establish housing authorities. According to Massachusetts law, its mission was to be responsible for providing decent, safe and sanitary housing for families unable to afford housing ...

3. Massachusetts Comprehensive Permit Act: Chapter 40B

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   A study by the National Low Income Housing Coalition rated Massachusetts as being the least affordable state in which to rent an apartment in 2003. [6] Despite the law, fewer new affordable housing units are built in Massachusetts compared to the state's needs. The state government as a policy works toward increasing the supply of inexpensive ...

4. Rent control in Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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   [6] [4] Properties that were under rent control fell into disrepair, and they negatively impacted the property values of the buildings around them. [1] In 1985, Boston mayor Ray Flynn ordered a survey of all boarded up buildings in Boston. [7] By the time rent control ended in Boston, there were more than 10,000 vacant units in that city. [7]

5. Massachusetts has a huge waitlist for state-funded housing ...

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   Deb Libby is running out of time to find a place to live. Libby, 56, moved to Worcester, Massachusetts, four years ago, in part to be closer to the doctors treating her for pancreatic cancer.

6. HOME Investment Partnerships Program - Wikipedia

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   The families either pay a monthly rent or may purchase the housing unit for an affordable price. [2] Site acquisition or improvement – In this type of activity, HOME funds purchase property that is later developed as affordable housing. This activity also covers the improvement and rehabilitation of current affordable housing. [2]

7. Old Harbor Housing Project - Wikipedia

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   In August 2017, the Boston Housing Authority announced a partnership with WinnCompanies [7] on a $1.6 billion redevelopment project that would replace the 1,016 subsidized apartments with 1,365 mixed-income units, adding middle-income/workforce housing and market-rate rental units and condominiums to the replacement subsidized units. [8]