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MassHousing Provides $20M in Affordable Housing Financing for New Bedford MF Community

MassHousing has provided $19.9 million in affordable housing financing to preserve and extend the affordability for lower-income households for at least 20 years at the 157-unit Bedford Towers in New Bedford multifamily community.

Built in 1977 and located at 231 Middle St. in New Bedford, Bedford Towers consists of 83 one-bedroom apartments, 52 two-bedroom apartments, and 22 three-bedroom apartments. The community is located in a seven-story high-rise building and seven, two-story townhouse buildings. All of the apartments – except one – are subsidized by a federal Section 8 Housing Assistance Payment contract.

MassHousing provided the financing to Kempton New Bedford Limited Partnership through the organization’s Towers through MassHousing’s Multifamily Accelerated Processing/Ginnie Mae Joint Venture Initiative with lender partner Rockport Mortgage Corporation.

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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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