housing

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell submitted an ordinance to the city council amending a law to hold accountable the small number of irresponsible landlords who flagrantly neglect their responsibilities to their tenants, neighborhoods and the city.

President Barack Obama says the housing market is healing, but it's time to turn the page on the "bubble-and-bust mentality" that led to the market's collapse.

Governor Deval Patrick plans to streamline the state's public housing system by eliminating 240 local public housing authorities, and replacing them with six regional agencies aimed at ridding to system of corruption.