Department of Neighborhood Development
DND provides services and programs to the City's neighborhoods through eight operating divisions: Administration & Finance, Director's Office, Homebuyer Services, Homeowner Services, Neighborhood Housing Development, Office of Business Development, Policy Development and Research, Real Estate Management & Sales.
Mayor Kicks Off Holidays on Main Streets
On Tuesday, November 25, 2008, Mayor Menino joined residents and businesses in celebrating the kick off of the City's annual Holidays on Main Streets campaign at Jamaica Plain’s City Feed and Supply on Centre Street. Read More » |
Boston Buying Power
Learn about the City's Boston Buying Power initiative, an innovative energy-buying group designed to allow small businesses to purchase energy as a large group at a long-term fixed price through access to the deregulated energy market.Read more » Watch Video » |
Fighting Foreclosure
Boston's anti-foreclosure campaign currently has two primary elements: 1) Foreclosure Prevention: helping homeowners make good financial decisions to prevent them from ever getting into foreclosure trouble, and 2) Foreclosure Intervention: helping homeowners that find themselves in foreclosure trouble keep their homes. A third element, Foreclosure Remediation that addresses the problems such as tenant security and neighborhood disinvestment that are the result of a rising inventory of foreclosed properties is now being developed.Read More » |
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 » |
DND Greens Its Housing Program
In January of 2007, Mayor Menino made Boston the first major city in the nation to require adherence to the US Green Building Council's LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Certified standard as part of the private development review process. Since then, in an effort to promote energy efficiency, green building techniques, and healthy homes strategies throughout Boston's neighborhoods, DND has adopted new design standards which require developers to adhere to a level of LEED Silver.Read More » |
Boston Main Streets
Boston Main Streets is a public-private initiative established by the City of Boston in 1995 to revitalize neighborhood commercial districts through local organizations. Main Streets is a comprehensive approach to providing merchant groups and community residents with the tools and information necessary for their commercial centers to compete in today's marketplace.Read More » |
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