Last night, three candidates for Governor endorsed a long-term solution to the high-cost lending problem plaguing our Commonwealth. Christy Mihos, Deval Patrick, and Grace Ross all called for at least a doubling of the state’s affordable housing trust fund and endorsed legislation to extend community reinvestment laws to cover mortgage companies like Ameriquest and others. The commitments came at a candidates forum sponsored by the Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance. MAHA will now reach out to the three candidates that weren’t at the forum and attempt to get their positions on the same issues.
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I had totally meant to go to that, but forget till too late. it’s crazy that Gabrieli dropped out at the last minute.
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thanks for posting this and the link to the article.
Even we Patrick supporters don’t call our guy “Christ.”
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At least not yet.
for posting at 6:45am. Thanks for the catch, Publius – it has been corrected.
Yeah, we call him the Deval!
There’s another gubernatorial candidates’ forum on affordable housing, homelessness, and community developement coming up.
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Thursday, June 22
5:30 – 7:00pm
Faneuil Hall, Boston
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It’s being hosted by a whole lot of acronyms… CHAPA, BSA, HFF, MAHA, MACDC, MCH, MNPHA, MSGA, MUPHT (I don’t even know what most of those stand for, but they’re all on the flyer).