The following articles were recently published in the Community Center section of the Bank's web site. Additional community-development articles are available in OnSite, a biannual online publication for member institutions and housing and community-development practitioners.

Bank Announces AHP Round and Training Sessions
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston will hold eight onsite training sessions and two webinars to help prepare members and sponsors for the next round of the Affordable Housing Program.
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Bank Announces Change to AHP Disbursement Processing
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston is pleased to announce a change to the processing of subsidy disbursement requests under the Affordable Housing Program.
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Bank Announces 2010 EBP Funding Round
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston is pleased to announce a total of $5.0 million to fund the 2010 Affordable Housing Program, which includes a $1.0 million subsidy for the Equity Builder Program.
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Affordable Housing Gets $3.0 Million Infusion
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston has awarded $3.0 million in the form of grants, loans, and interest-rate subsidies through its Affordable Housing Program.
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Housing Staff Changes
As a result of a recent reorganization, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston has realigned the territorial assignments of its Housing and Community Investment (HCI) staff.
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Bank Announces Special Affordable-Housing Rounds
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston has announced two special, limited affordable-housing funding rounds, one for the Affordable Housing Program and the other for the Equity Builder Program.
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Bank Suspends AHP and EBP Contribution
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston will not make a contribution to the Affordable Housing Program or the Equity Building Program in 2009.
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AHP to Fund 28 Initiatives
The Bank awarded more than $17.5 million in grants, loans, and rate subsidies to fund 28 initiatives in the first round of its 2008 Affordable Housing Program.
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Faxing the Bank
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston requires that all incoming faxes include an institution’s fax telephone number and name so that faxes are not discarded as spam by Bank systems.
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Funding Flood Relief
Community Development advances can be used to fund commercial or mixed-use initiatives in any federally or state-declared disaster area in any region of the country.
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