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MassHousing Provides $15M for Affordable Housing Community in Dorchester

MassHousing has provided $14.8 million in affordable housing financing to School House Brookledge Cummins Limited Partnership, an affiliate of EAF Associates, to preserve the affordability of the 90-unit School House Brookledge Cummins property in Dorchester.

The 90 housing units are contained in two buildings, located at 60 Brookledge St. and 610 Cummins Highway. The Brookledge property is a brick, three-story building constructed in 1910, containing 50 apartments. The Cummins Highway property is a three-story building restricted to elderly residents and residents with disabilities, built in 1980, with 40 apartments. Both properties were renovated in 2008.

The property, which is managed by Peabody Properties Inc., was refinanced through MassHousing’s Multifamily Accelerated Processing (MAP)/Ginnie Mae Joint Venture Initiative with lender partner Rockport Mortgage Corporation. MassHousing is providing School House Brookledge Cummins with a $14.8 million, 35-year permanent loan.

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About David Cohen

David Cohen is Southeast Editorial Director at Connect Commercial Real Estate. David is a media veteran with more than 10 years of experience in journalism, copywriting and communications across a variety of roles. He is responsible for covering commercial real estate news and trends in the Southeast, Florida, Washington D.C. and Boston at Connect CRE as well as specializing in the Student Housing sector. Prior to joining Connect, David was the editor of Northeast Real Estate Business magazine and Student Housing Business magazine at France Media as well as spending time freelancing for ESPN and the Associated Press in the fast-paced field of live sports event production. He is also an owner and investor in multifamily real estate in Atlanta, GA. David currently resides in Atlanta and graduated from the College of Communication & Information at the University of Tennessee Knoxville.

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