The Washington Business Journal recently announced Amazon’s commitment of $163 million in grants to affordable housing preservation and development projects in the Washington, DC, region. This includes MHP’s Nebel Street development in Rockville. The full article is here (behind a paywall). Montgomery Housing Partnership will receive a $2.2 million grant to build new apartments in […]
(Silver Spring, MD) MHP recently received a $2.2 million grant from the Amazon Housing Equity Fund to support the ground-up development of our Nebel Street property in North Bethesda, MD. This contribution will provide hard-to-find predevelopment costs for the project and will be reinvested into the property to write down rents so that at least […]
MHP is working to expand our residents’ access to technology. This includes partnering with Comcast, which offers free and discounted broadband Internet service through the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). ACP is a governmental subsidy program that provides eligible low-income households with a credit up to $30 per month toward the cost of Internet and/or mobile service. […]
MHP President Robert A. Goldman talked to Greater Greater Washington about the potential impacts of the Purple Line on the availability of naturally occurring, market-rate affordable housing, particularly in communities like Long Branch and Langley Park. Read more here.
MHP was proud to host a County Executive Candidates Forum at the Long Branch Community Center on June 29. The session was co-sponsored by the Long Branch Business League, Community CHEER, and the Sligo Branview Community Association. More than 125 people attended. The session featured community resident moderators. Participating candidates were David Blair, Marc Elrich, […]
MHP’s Residences at Forest Glen project is one of 10 affordable housing initiatives in the Washington, DC, region that has been selected by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) to receive grant funds from the new Housing Affordability Planning Program (HAPP). The program is administered by COG and backed by the Amazon Housing Equity […]
A Bisnow panel focused on how to spur development and job growth in Montgomery County included MHP Vice President of Real Estate Artie Harris. Harris noted that the Montgomery County officials are ramping up efforts to expand affordable housing access through specific initiatives. These include offering county-owned sites for redevelopment and offering Payment In Lieu […]
