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Apr 10

COVID-19: Housing response

We have information about housing resources in the City of Boston amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Apr 3

$3 million fund to help Bostonians pay their rent during COVID-19 pandemic

Recipients will have to demonstrate financial need, such as loss of income.

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Mar 29

City of Boston increasing care capacity, targeted interventions for those experiencing homelessness

Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced a comprehensive plan for individuals experiencing homelessness...

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Feb 20

Boston home sale prices rose by lowest level in a decade

Creating more access to homeownership opportunities is one of the goals of Mayor Walsh’s...

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Feb 19

Boston had lowest year-over-year increase in rents since 2014

According to an analysis of Boston rental data from 2018 to 2019, rental prices increased an average...

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Feb 11

Home foreclosures in Boston dropped more than 60 percent in 2019

Citywide, foreclosures were reduced from 103 to 40, a 61-percent reduction.

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Feb 10

New affordable housing permits in Boston rose to more than 25 percent of all units permitted in 2019

The permits reflect a shift to increase affordable units in Boston's neighborhoods.

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Dec 16

Petition signed for a transfer fee on real estate sales to generate additional funding for affordable housing

Following months of collaboration with the Boston City Council, Mayor Martin J. Walsh today signed a...

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Dec 11

Mayor Walsh signals support of transfer fee on real estate sales to generate additional funding for affordable housing

Mayor Martin J. Walsh signaled his formal support of a proposal to implement a transfer fee up to 2...

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Nov 21

$4.7 million awarded to create 157 housing opportunities for homeless youth, young adults in Boston

The funds are a first step in the new action plan Rising to the Challenge, which aims to prevent and...

Nov 15

Pine Street Inn supportive housing project approved in Jamaica Plain

The housing is for formerly homeless individuals supported by Boston's Way Home Fund.

Nov 13

Boston's first LGBTQ-supported senior housing development created

The former Barton Rogers School will provide 74 income-restricted rental units for seniors, along...

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Oct 30

Grand opening held for We Grow Microgreens urban farm in Hyde Park

The urban farm was made possible thanks to land made available by Boston's Department of...

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Oct 26

City of Boston awarded $4.3 million to aid lead paint abatement in low-income homes

$4.3 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to further...

Sep 24

Groundbreaking of Hearth at Four Corners

54 units of supportive, affordable housing with green efficiencies, and on-site services to be built

Sep 19

Dr. Taylor Cain appointed to lead Boston's Housing Innovation Lab

i-Lab Team explores, experiments, and evaluates solutions to accelerate innovation in the housing...

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Jul 23

New $30 million affordable housing funding round

$30 million targets new green zero emission affordable housing for low income Bostonians and those...

Jun 7

Grand opening of Treadmark celebrated by Mayor Walsh, Trinity Financial

The building includes 83 new units of mixed-income, mixed-use development.

May 2

$1 million gift for Boston's Way Home Fund announced

Community partners step up to aid City's effort to create 200 units of permanent supportive housing...

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Feb 26

RFP to support neighborhood open spaces, community gardens issued

Funds will help improve existing gardens, create new open space opportunities, and support urban...

Feb 20

More than $26 million in affordable housing in Boston announced

This new funding will create and preserve 515 units of housing in 10 developments across seven...

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Jan 31

City of Boston holds 39th annual homeless census

The yearly count of Boston's homeless individuals guides the City's housing efforts.

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Jan 17

Landmark agreement reached to preserve affordable housing in South End

Today, Mayor Walsh, along with several housing agencies, approved a plan that would allow more than...

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Nov 28

Applications available for Seniors Save heating replacement program

The program grants $3,500 to eligible residents to use towards upgrades to their heating systems.

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Nov 15

Residences at Fairmount Station opens with celebration in Hyde Park

This once-vacant property is now a transit-oriented residential development that offers 27 rental...

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Nov 8

City releases first-ever inventory of Boston's income-restricted housing

Sixty six percent of the 54,247 units documented are restricted to households earning less than 50...

Oct 23

City of Boston, Modell's announce investment in Boston's Way Home

For every "Beat L.A." t-shirt sold by Modell's Sporting Goods, $1 will go to benefit the City of...

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Oct 9

Latest City of Boston news

COVID-19: Housing response

$3 million fund to help Bostonians pay their rent during COVID-19 pandemic

City of Boston increasing care capacity, targeted interventions for those experiencing homelessness

Boston home sale prices rose by lowest level in a decade

Boston had lowest year-over-year increase in rents since 2014

Home foreclosures in Boston dropped more than 60 percent in 2019

New affordable housing permits in Boston rose to more than 25 percent of all units permitted in 2019

Petition signed for a transfer fee on real estate sales to generate additional funding for affordable housing

Mayor Walsh signals support of transfer fee on real estate sales to generate additional funding for affordable housing

$4.7 million awarded to create 157 housing opportunities for homeless youth, young adults in Boston

Pine Street Inn supportive housing project approved in Jamaica Plain

Boston's first LGBTQ-supported senior housing development created

Grand opening held for We Grow Microgreens urban farm in Hyde Park

City of Boston awarded $4.3 million to aid lead paint abatement in low-income homes

Groundbreaking of Hearth at Four Corners

Dr. Taylor Cain appointed to lead Boston's Housing Innovation Lab

New $30 million affordable housing funding round

Grand opening of Treadmark celebrated by Mayor Walsh, Trinity Financial

$1 million gift for Boston's Way Home Fund announced

RFP to support neighborhood open spaces, community gardens issued

More than $26 million in affordable housing in Boston announced

City of Boston holds 39th annual homeless census

Landmark agreement reached to preserve affordable housing in South End

Applications available for Seniors Save heating replacement program

Residences at Fairmount Station opens with celebration in Hyde Park

City releases first-ever inventory of Boston's income-restricted housing

City of Boston, Modell's announce investment in Boston's Way Home

New measures aim to increase diversity in development, prevent displacement

Ground broken on New England Heritage Homes development in Codman Square

Metro Boston Mayors set goal of 185,000 new housing units by 2030