Projects

Each year, CEDAC works closely with our non-profit partners across the Commonwealth to provide technical assistance and early-stage project financing for affordable housing and early education facility development. This assistance supports a wide variety of projects, large and small, rental and homeownership, mixed-income and deeply targeted, serving families with infants to school age children and individuals, and located in urban, suburban and rural communities. Many of the projects highlighted on this page will stabilize the lives of vulnerable residents by giving them a safe place to live and by offering access to support services that will improve their lives. We're proud to help build stronger communities in Massachusetts.

Full Projects List

CBH = Community Based Housing
EEOST = Early Education and Out of School Time Capital Fund
ELI = Extremely Low-Income (30% Area Median Income or Less)
FCF = Facilities Consolidation Fund
HIF = Housing Innovations Fund
HPSTF = Housing Preservation and Stabilization Trust Fund

Programs:

Housing

52 High Street Worcester

Founded in 1976, Abby's House provides affordable housing and supportive services to homeless and low-income women and children. Utilizing $2 million in HIF financing, $500,000 in FCF financing, and $365,000 in predevelopment financing from CEDAC, Abby's House has renovated a building in Worcester that they acquired in 2006. This funding supported the expansion of this property, which has served as SRO housing for women since 1925, from 53 units to 56 units (including a manager's unit). The scope of work included the replacement of all major building systems, accessibility improvements including an elevator and accessible bathrooms and kitchens, new windows, new common area finishes, and new laundry facilities.

The 36,000 square foot building contains a thrift shop, office and program space, and a food pantry that assists the individuals and families in Abby's House's programs. The Annette Rafferty Women's Empowerment Center, which provides computer space and on-site financial training and other workshops, is also on site. This supportive housing resource is an important component of Worcester's efforts to eliminate chronic homelessness.

CIF

ABCD Boston

ABCD

Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) – an anti-poverty, community action organization – has renovated a property in Roxbury leased from the City of Boston and held in trust by the George Robert White Fund to create a new childcare site with 61 early education and care slots. Utilizing a $743,740 EEOST capital grant, ABCD significantly reconfigured this historic space to create five high-quality classrooms. The building now houses Head Start classrooms for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. ABCD has rededicated the center in memory of Ms. Rosa Parks, as the site formerly operated as the Rosa Parks Day Care Center.

Housing

Blanchard SchoolUxbridge

Virginia Blanchard Memorial Housing Association, Inc.

Built in 1873 as an elementary school, this property is named for beloved Uxbridge educator Virginia Blanchard, who served as a teacher and principal at the school for 45 years. Virginia Blanchard Memorial Housing Association (VBMH) and Jon Juhl of JNJUHL and Associates have redeveloped the historic building, which had been vacant since 2002, to create 25 units of affordable multi-family rental housing. Blanchard School Apartments contains a mix of one, two and three-bedroom apartments, all reserved for households with incomes below 60% of area median. Two units received funding through the CBH program to provide enhanced accessibility features for residents who live with mobility impairments. CEDAC provided $210,687 in predevelopment financing as well as $367,000 in CBH funding.

Housing

Boston Street Crossing Salem

Harborlight Community Partners

The Boston Street Crossing project was developed by Harborlight Community Partners (HCP) in response to a collaborative effort between the Mayors of Salem, Beverly and Peabody to provide housing for formerly homeless individuals living in the region. HCP is working with LifeBridge, a social service provider, to offer on-site case management to residents. CEDAC provided $1.4 million in HIF funding, $592,000 in FCF funding, and $85,000 in predevelopment financing for the project.

Housing, CIF

Brookview House III Hansborough Street Boston

Brookview

Founded in 1990 as a multi-service nonprofit organization for women, children and youth experiencing homelessness, Brookview House aka Valina N. Jackson Family Center received a $450,000 EEOST capital grant in 2016 to support the creation of a new site. The project has also received $457,450 in early stage financing from CEDAC as well as $2,274,294 in HIF and HPSTF funding. This project, the Valina N. Jackson Family Center, was named in honor of a neighborhood activist who dedicated her life to housing homeless families. As mentioned in the executive letter, this is one of the projects funded by both CEDAC and the Children's Investment Fund that co-locates affordable housing and quality learning space.

CIF

Community Art Center Cambridge

Community Art Center, Inc.

In 2016, Community Art Center (CAC), an out-of-school time program serving the Port neighborhood of Cambridge, was awarded a $750,000 EEOST capital grant to support a major renovation of its arts and youth development center. The project resulted in important upgrades, including six revitalized school-age classrooms/art studios; a new commercial kitchen that serves daily meals for 78 children; an improved entryway and exterior signage to increase access to community resources in the building; expanded teen program space, including a new media lab and public art studio; and a fully upgraded heating, ventilation and cooling system. This renovation ensures that CAC can continue to offer high-quality arts-based out-of-school time education well into the future as it celebrates 80 years of programming for Cambridge's children.

CIF

Epiphany School Early Learning CenterDorchester

Epiphany School Early Learning Center

Epiphany is an independent early education program for children of economically disadvantaged families in Boston dedicated to ensuring kindergarten readiness and family self-sufficiency. This school received a $500,000 EEOST capital grant in 2016 towards the development of a newly constructed 22,000 square-foot facility with over 7,000 square-feet of outdoor space. This center has the capacity to serve 64 infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and their families. In addition, the facility will also provide training and support for over 100 family child care providers in Dorchester.

Housing

Harbor LafayetteSalem

North Shore CDC

North Shore Community Development Corporation (NSCDC) has renovated two existing SRO buildings in Salem, located just steps from NSCDC's offices, to maintain them as permanent supportive housing for 27 low-income individuals. NSCDC has owned the first property for many years, which serves 10 individuals, four of whom are clients of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (DMH). The second property was purchased with a $1 million CEDAC acquisition loan in 2014 and is dedicated to providing 17 enhanced SROs for formerly homeless youth as well as youth, aged 18 to 24, who have aged out of foster care. Residents have access to a case manager, and NSCDC provides an array of supportive services. In addition to the acquisition financing, the project also received $750,000 in HIF funding and $363,516 in predevelopment funding from CEDAC.

Housing

Harry and Jeanette Weinberg House (132 Chestnut Hill Ave.)Brighton

2Life Communities

An addition to 2Life Communities' 700-unit Brighton campus, the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg House consists of 61 affordable apartments for residents ages 62 and older. In addition to providing an important housing resource for low-income seniors, the building also serves two special populations. Seven of the units are reserved for formerly homeless seniors, who receive placement and stabilization services through HEARTH, Inc. An additional five units are set aside for adults aging with lifelong disabilities, who receive services through an innovative partnership with Advocates Inc. funded by the Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services (DDS). The new development connects to 2Life's existing campus and its myriad supportive services through a second-story sky bridge, and also includes a small retail space on the ground floor, inviting connections between the community and the building's residents. CEDAC provided $500,000 in FCF financing and $500,000 in HIF financing to assist this development.

Housing

Herring Brook HillNorwell

Metro West Collaborative Development

Metro West Community Development (MWCD) has built 18 mixed-income rental units for older adults on the site of a former police station in the town of Norwell. MWCD will partner with South Shore Elder Services, Norwell Council on Aging, and Norwell Visiting Nurses to provide supportive services to residents. Herring Brook Hill includes 12 one-bedroom units and six two-bedroom units in a single four-story building. CEDAC committed $15,000 in predevelopment financing as well as $546,412 in CBH funding to include three units with enhanced accessibility features.

Housing

Hillside ResidenceWest Springfield

Sisters of Providence

Hillside Residence is the new construction of a 36-unit permanent supportive housing development targeted to low-income seniors. The property contains 34 one-bedroom and 2 two-bedroom units within a single, three-story building located on the campus of the Sisters of Providence facility. All 34 of the one-bedroom units will be reserved for low-income households aged 62+. The two 2-bedroom units will be leased to Mercy LIFE, a Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), to be used as respite units. The project creates an innovative housing model for frail elders by integrating the extensive level of health care available through the federal PACE program adjacent to an affordable housing development. Sisters of Providence dedicated the new building to the community's dynamic president, Sister Kathleen Popko.

Housing

Lyman Terrace Phase IHolyoke

The Community Builders

The Community Builders (TCB) acquired Lyman Terrace, which was previously 167 units of federal public housing for families, to preserve those units as affordable housing in partnership with the Holyoke Housing Authority and the City of Holyoke. TCB renovated and upgraded the development, which was originally built in 1939. Phase I of the redevelopment included the renovation of 88 units – 20% of which are reserved for ELI – and the construction of two recreation areas. Four CBH program units were set aside for clients of the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission. CEDAC provided $595,709 in CBH funding and $542,177 in predevelopment financing for the first phase of this redevelopment. The second phase, which will rehabilitate 79 units, has closed on its construction financing and is expected to be complete by Summer 2021.

Housing

Martensen VillageQuincy

Asian Community Development Corporation

Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC) preserved 12 units of affordable housing in Quincy by acquiring Martensen Village from a private owner and investing over $800,000 in needed repairs. Originally financed as part of MassHousing's 13A program, ACDC worked with the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) and MassHousing to maintain affordability for at least 40 years for the townhouse units. DHCD provided $1.7 million in preservation financing, while CEDAC offered $561,941 in predevelopment financing.

Housing

Montello Welcome Home IIBrockton

Father Bill's & MainSpring

In Fall 2018, Father Bill's & MainSpring (FBMS) opened Montello Welcome Home Again, 23 units of permanent supportive housing for ELI individuals. This new construction development provides 12 units of housing for homeless veterans and 11 units for chronically homeless individuals. Located on North Main Street in Brockton, the project is situated directly across the street from the first phase of the development, known as Jack's Place. FBMS provides on-site case management and a robust set of supportive services to all residents. CEDAC committed $1.6 million in HIF financing for this development.

Housing

New Hope III 98 Smith StreetLowell

House of Hope

In Lowell, CEDAC once again worked with House of Hope, Inc. (HOH) to expand the number of permanent housing opportunities for low-income families in that city. HOH offers temporary shelter, employment training, and housing services to homeless families. This development, known as New Hope III, is the fifth HOH project supported by HIF loans from CEDAC. 98 Smith Street, the former Horn Home, was built in 1851 and previously served as a rest home for the elderly. HOH renovated the existing building and built a 3-story addition to create 18 new units of permanent supportive family housing, including a manager's unit. With $1.6 million from HIF, New Home III provides opportunities for ELI families, especially large families, to move out of shelter into thirteen 2-bedroom, three 3-bedroom and one 4-bedroom units. Residents in these apartments continue to receive important supportive services from House of Hope.

Housing

Newcastle Saranac ApartmentsBoston

Fenway CDC

Fenway Community Development Corporation acquired Newcastle/Saranac Apartments on Columbus Avenue in Boston's Lower Roxbury neighborhood in January 2019. Working with joint venture partner The Schochet Companies, Fenway CDC preserved the affordability of these 97 apartments whose residents were at risk of displacement from a sale of the property. The preservation of these units was an important step in an effort to maintain affordability for a portfolio of projects financed under MassHousing's 13A program several decades ago. Through the program, thousands of affordable units were created in Massachusetts, but the mortgages developers used to produce this housing have reached the end of their 40-year terms. Those units are now at risk of conversion to market rate, and the Commonwealth's housing agencies have employed a diverse array of financing and regulatory tools over the last few years, including the innovative Chapter 40T law, to preserve their affordability.

CEDAC worked closely with public partners including the City of Boston, the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), and MassHousing to help preserve Newcastle/Saranac. One of CEDAC's key roles was assembling $29 million in acquisition loan capital including funding from four private sector participants: Eastern Bank, Boston Private Bank, The Life Initiative, and Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation. This is the largest loan in CEDAC's history and represents an important housing preservation achievement that will allow many long-time residents to remain in their homes and community.

Housing

Noquochoke VillageWestport

The Community Builders

Sited on a seven-acre plot in Westport, Noquochoke Village is a 50-unit mixed-income development by The Community Builders (TCB) that provides one-, two- and three-bedroom units for individuals and families across a wide range of income levels. The project features seven townhouse-style buildings, as well as a playground, a community building, and conservation land. Ten of the units are reserved for ELI households, including four fully accessible units. The development is the result of a town-initiated rezoning process to create additional mixed-income housing with a significant affordability component. The Town offered up this site through a public procurement process and also committed $280,000 in Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds to the project. CEDAC provided $651,467 in predevelopment financing and $690,948 in CBH financing for this development.

Housing

Parcel 25 Phase IIBoston

Mission Hill Neighborhood Housing Services

Mission Hill Neighborhood Housing Services (MHNHS) is working on a multi-phase, transit-oriented affordable housing development at Gurney and Station Streets in Boston, adjacent to the Roxbury Crossing MBTA Station. This development of a previously MBTA-owned site is not only creating affordable housing opportunities, but also is strengthening and revitalizing the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. Phase I (left photo), completed in December 2017, offers 40 units of affordable family housing, a new office headquarters for Metro Housing Boston, four retail spaces, and a community meeting facility. Once constructed, Phase II (right photo) will contain 46 affordable rental units, 12 of which are fully accessible. The entire building includes universal visitability standards, as well as an aging in place design. Phase III of the project is in an early conceptual stage. CEDAC offered $722,850 in CBH financing and $397,000 in predevelopment financing for Phase II of the project.

Housing/CIF

Under One RoofNew Bedford

YWCA Southeastern Massachusetts

The YWCA Southeastern Massachusetts has owned the historic Levi Standish House since 1979 and housed its administrative offices within it since 1996. After receiving an $800,000 EEOST capital grant in 2017, the organization expanded the building to consolidate its licensed YWkids out-of-school time program, its supportive women's housing, and its administrative offices into one location. CEDAC committed $115,000 in predevelopment financing and $548,600 in HIF financing to support this project. The building offers eight single room occupancy (SRO) units with supportive services for women experiencing homelessness, along with a new out-of-school time child care center serving up to 50 children. This is another project that combines affordable housing and child care services under one roof to better meet the needs of the community.

Housing

The Union at 48 BoylstonBoston

St. Francis House

St. Francis House and the Planning Office for Urban Affairs (POUA) partnered to develop 46 new units of permanent supportive housing at the Union at 48 Boylston in Boston's Chinatown neighborhood, directly across the street from St. Francis House's day shelter. The historic five-story building, formerly the home of the Boston Young Men's Christian Union, was redeveloped into studio and one-bedroom units for low-income individuals, including 26 units for formerly homeless or ELI individuals. The creation of the Union enabled St. Francis House to relocate its administrative offices to the new development in order to increase capacity at the day shelter. Additionally, The Union is the new home of The Urban Hound, a dog daycare and grooming business on the ground floor that serves as a job-training program for the building's residents and St. Francis House clients. CEDAC provided $3 million in HIF financing for this important project in the heart of Boston.

Housing

Walker ParkBoston

Urban Edge

Urban Edge has developed 49 affordable rental units for families in two buildings at Walker Park Apartments, half a block from Roxbury's Egleston Square. Named for longtime community activist Delphine Walker, whose family home stood on one of the development sites, the project features a new pocket park, Delphine's Courtyard. Walker Park includes 13 one-bedroom, 28 two-bedroom, and 8 three-bedroom units, including three units with enhanced accessibility features funded by the CBH program. CEDAC contributed $1.1 million in acquisition financing, a $717,406 predevelopment loan, and $547,500 in CBH funds to the project.

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Fiscal Year 2019 Projects Funded by CEDAC and Children's Investment Fund

Allston Brighton CDC

Carol Ave./Hano Homes, Boston
Asian CDC

Parcel P-12C, Boston
Berkshire Family YMCA

Child Care Expansion, Pittsfield
Bethany Community Services, Inc.

Merrimack Place, Haverhill
Centerboard

Scattered site acquisition, Salem
CHOICE Housing Opportunities for Intergenerational and Community Endeavors (CHOICE)

Brianna Lyn Refinance, Chelmsford
Coalition for a Better Acre (CBA)

555 Merrimack Street, Lowell
Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation (Codman Square NDC)

Four Corners Plaza, Boston

Orlando Street Rehab, Boston

Waldeck Street Acq & Rehab, Boston
Cold Spring Tenant Association, Inc.

Sportshaven Mobile Home Park, Belchertown
Community Development Corporation of South Berkshire, Inc. (CDC of South Berkshire)

910 Main Street, Great Barrington
Construct, Inc.

Egremont Housing, Egremont
East Boston Social Centers

Central Square Expansion, Boston
Elizabeth Stone House (ESH)

Washington Westminster House, Boston
Fenway Community Development Corporation (Fenway CDC)

Newcastle Saranac Apartments, Boston
Freedom House, Inc.

Historic Freedom House Development, Boston
George Marston Whitin Memorial Community Association (Whitin Community Center)

Improvement and Expansion of Blackstone Valley Children's Place Indoor Space, Northbridge
Greater Lawrence Community Action Council (GLCAC)

Child Care Center, Lawrence
Greater Lawrence Community Action Council

370 Essex Street, Lawrence
Harborlight Community Partners (HCP)

Anchor Point, Beverly
Home City Development, Inc. (Home City)

Brookings Apartments, Springfield
Housing Corporation of Arlington (HCA)

Downing Square Broadway Initiative, Arlington
Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (JPNDC)

3371-3375 Washington Street, Boston

Cheney Street, Boston

Pitts Portfolio, Boston
Lawrence CommunityWorks Inc. (LCW)

DyeWorks, Lawrence

Island Parkside, Lawrence
Lena Park Community Development Corporation (Lena Park CDC)

Granite Lena Park Apartments, Boston
Main South CDC

92 Grand Street, Worcester
Mission Hill Neighborhood Housing Services (MHNHS)

Parcel 25, Phase 2, Boston
NeighborWorks Housing Solutions

Holbrook Center Senior Housing, Holbrook
Neighborhood of Affordable Housing, Inc. (NOAH)

Aileron, Boston
New England Blacks in Philanthropy (NEBiP)

G | Code House, Boston
North Shore CDC

Harbor Village, Gloucester

Salem Schools, Salem
NorthStar Learning Centers, Inc.

NorthStar Child Care Center, New Bedford
Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation (Nuestra)

Bartlett Station, Building A, Boston
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church

Nehemiah Homes and Family Life Center, Boston
Rural Development, Inc. (RDI)

Sunderland Affordable Senior Housing, Sunderland
Shakespeare & Company

Willow Cabin, Lenox
Southwest Boston CDC (SWBCDC)

Strategic Pipeline Advancement, Boston
St. Vincent de Paul Parish

St. Vincent de Paul Parish Redevelopment, Boston
The Caleb Foundation, Inc.

Sirk and Chestnut Redevelopment, Lowell
The Community Builders, Inc. (TCB)

250 Centre Street, Boston

3368 Washington Street, Boston

Lyman Terrace Phase II, Holyoke

North Commons and 35 Village Hill Road Apartments, Northampton
Greater New Life Christian Center of Springfield, Massachusetts, Inc.

Orchard Village Supportive Housing, Springfield
The Haven Project, Inc.

Haven Homes I, Lynn
The NHP Foundation

Blue Mountain Granite, Boston
United Neighbors of Lower Roxbury, Inc. (UNLR)

90 Windsor Street, Boston
United South End Settlements (USES)

USES Rutland Campus Redevelopment, Boston
Valley Community Development Corporation (Valley CDC)

Amherst Supportive SRO Housing, Amherst

Sergeant House Expansion, Northampton
Vietnamese American Initiative for Development (Viet-AID)

191-195 Bowdoin Street, Boston
Way Finders, Inc.

Library Commons II, Holyoke

Rosewood Townhomes, Agawam
Women's Institute for Housing and Economic Development (WIHED)

Terrapin Ridge, Sandwich
Women's Institute Realty, Inc.

Shirley Commons, Shirley
Worcester Common Ground (WCG)

126 Chandler Street, Worcester
YMCA of the North Shore - Greater Beverly YMCA

Imagine: A New Y for Cape Ann, Gloucester
YWCA Central MA

One Salem Square Rehab, Worcester

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Projects

52 High Street Worcester

ABCD Boston

Blanchard SchoolUxbridge

Boston Street Crossing Salem

Brookview House III Hansborough Street Boston

Community Art Center Cambridge

Epiphany School Early Learning CenterDorchester

Harbor LafayetteSalem

Harry and Jeanette Weinberg House (132 Chestnut Hill Ave.)Brighton

Herring Brook HillNorwell

Hillside ResidenceWest Springfield

Lyman Terrace Phase IHolyoke

Martensen VillageQuincy

Montello Welcome Home IIBrockton

New Hope III 98 Smith StreetLowell

Newcastle Saranac ApartmentsBoston

Noquochoke VillageWestport

Parcel 25 Phase IIBoston

Under One RoofNew Bedford

The Union at 48 BoylstonBoston

Walker ParkBoston

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Fiscal Year 2019 Projects Funded by CEDAC and Children's Investment Fund