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Soaring Rents Squeeze Growing Rental Voucher Program

To offer rental assistance to more low-income families, a coalition of a housing advocacy groups including TBF lobbied lawmakers for a spending increase for the MA Rental Voucher Program (MRVP), which has a 160,000-person waitlist, Banker & Tradesman reports.

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Soaring rents squeeze Mass. growing rental voucher program

With high housing costs, MassLive digs into the budget and demand for the MA Rental Voucher Program (MRVP), which offers rental assistance to low-income families, as a coalition of a housing advocacy groups including TBF lobbied lawmakers for a spending increase for MRVP, as well as legislation to codify the program into law.

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New owner, affordability plan for Mattapan’s Fairlawn Estates

Preserving existing housing and preventing displacement, the Dorchester Reporter shares that Fairlawn Estates in Mattapan has been purchased with plans to keep all of its 347 units affordable, supported with the Boston Acquisition Fund's first investment and a grant from the city of Boston.

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New owner and affordability plan for Mattapan’s Fairlawn Estates

Sharing from the Dorchester Reporter, WBUR highlights the purchase of Fairlawn Estates with a plan to keep all of its 347 units affordable with the first investment of the Boston Acquisition Fund, a fund backed by TBF alongside other foundations and hospitals, and funding from the city of Boston.

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