By Bob Katzen
“This funding round is about more than bricks and mortar, it’s about people. Whether it’s a formerly homeless individual in Boston, a senior in Topsfield or a working family in Easthampton, the homes we’re supporting will change lives. These projects exemplify the Healey-Driscoll Administration’s belief that everyone in Massachusetts deserves a safe, stable and affordable place to live.”
— Housing and Livable Communities Secretary Ed Augustus on the state providing $182 million in low-income housing tax credits and subsidies to 21 rental housing developments that will create or preserve 1,245 homes across Massachusetts.
“School breakfast and lunch may be some of the only meals students get each week, and so it is essential that those meals are healthy to set students up for lifelong health and wellbeing. We have seen incredible progress under universal free school meals, with districts incorporating more local products and participation increasing.”
— Education Secretary Dr. Patrick Tutwiler announcing a series of recommendations from the School Meal Nutrition Standards Commission to improve the nutritional content of K-12 school meals across the state.
“Massachusetts already has some of the highest electricity rates in the country, and now they’re about to get even worse. High energy prices act as a tax and hurt low- and middle-income ratepayers the most. This isn’t happening by accident. It’s the direct result of bad legislative policy and Gov. Maura Healey’s rigid and overly ideological energy agenda.”
—Paul Craney, Executive Director for the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance.
“The Brownfields Redevelopment Fund helps local partners meet their economic development goals by bringing blighted or vacant sites back into productive use for housing and commercial development. This is an important state resource for cleaning up contaminated properties to benefit our residents and communities now and into the future.”
—Interim Economic Development Secretary Ashley Stolba announcing $6.5 million in awards from the Brownfields Redevelopment Fund to support the environmental assessment and cleanup of 20 contaminated sites across Massachusetts for redevelopment.