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Boston suburb’s housing battle with state echoes national issues

Housing Wire

As part of the broader community operating within the service area of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), the affluent Boston suburb of Milton — with a population of roughly 29,000 people — was directed to comply with a new state law requiring the construction of new multifamily housing units in areas served by public transit.

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Shaun Donovan is named Enterprise Community Partners CEO

Housing Wire

Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ) and former director of the U.S. Donovan, who served during the full eight years of the Barack Obama administration, bring to the role nearly three decades of housing policy and community development initiative experience. Shaun Donovan, the former secretary of the U.S.

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Boston suburb works to comply with new state multifamily construction law

Housing Wire

The law, which went into effect in early February, requires 177 communities served by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to eliminate barriers that could restrict the zoning and construction of multifamily housing units. Some apartments have been constructed in recent years, but the construction level has been low.

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Is the market pivoting ahead of the Fed?

Housing Wire

Employment declined in retail trade and transportation, and warehousing. On April 7, 2020, I wrote the America is Back recovery model for HousingWire, which I then retired on Dec. 9, 2020, as the recovery was on solid footing based on my work. percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. for men and 3.3%

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DataDigest: Construction costs easing for homebuilders

Housing Wire

after the initial lockdowns in 2020 before rocketing to almost 206 in June 2022. Transportation and warehousing services peaked around 150 in May of 2022 and has fallen slightly in most proceeding moths, landing at 130 last December. Energy, residential homebuilders’ most volatile net input, nosedived to 49.5

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FHA borrower fee gridlock draws ire of industry

Housing Wire

Income from FHA premiums go into the general Treasury fund when Congress passes a Transportation and HUD appropriations bill. The connection between the upfront, annual and life-of-loan fees FHA borrowers pay and funding for, say, community development block grants, is not immediately apparent. In effect, it’s a tax on FHA borrowers.

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Robert “Bob” Weiler Honored with the C-Suite Lifetime Achievement Award 2020 from Columbus Business First

The Robert Weiler Company

This year, Columbus Business First chose Robert “Bob” Weiler as an honoree for the C-Suite Lifetime Achievement Award 2020! The 2020 awards and honorees are especially significant due to the changing landscape of business worldwide because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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