Department of Neighborhood Development
DND provides services and programs to the City's neighborhoods through seven divisions: Administration & Finance, Director's Office, The Boston Home Center, Neighborhood Housing Development, Office of Business Development, Policy Development and Research, and Real Estate Management & Sales.
Mayor Menino Welcomes W Hotel to Boston
Mayor Menino joined W Hotel officials and members of the Chinatown and Theater District communities to celebrate the opening of the hotel and residences, marking the occasion of the first major commercial development project to benefit from the City’s Boston Invests in Growth initiative and the world-wide chain’s first hotel in New England. In addition to the 250 jobs that were created during construction, the opening of the W Hotel enabled the addition of hundreds of permanent jobs to Boston’s economy.Read More » |
Mayor Celebrates Boston Buying Power's First Year
On Monday, October 26, 2009, Mayor Menino joined representatives from Boston's business community to cut the ribbon for the new Boston Buying Power office in Downtown Crossing.Read more » |
Boston’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program Funding
Boston is the recipient of more than $8M in foreclosure relief funds made possible by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as part of the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP).Learn how NSP funding can benefit you. » |
Affordable Housing
DND provides great opportunities for first-time homebuyers to purchase a new, rehabilitated or resale single or two-family home or condominium.Read More » |
Fighting Foreclosure
Boston’s Foreclosure Prevention and Intervention initiative took off in late 2006, as DND, which has been tracking foreclosure data since the late 1990s, noticed an unusual spike in foreclosures rates. Read More » |
Boston About Results (BAR)
The city of Boston has released its Quarter 3 performance reports, including a new performance report for the Public Health CommissionView the Department of Neighborhood Development's BAR report » |
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