Over the past eight years, the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) has crafted an innovative approach to financing the production of permanent supportive housing. Each year, DHCD holds a dedicated funding competition, the Supportive Housing for Vulnerable Populations round, to distribute capital funds as well as special project-based operat...
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DHCD Awards $16 Million to Produce or Preserve Critical Supportive Housing for Vulnerable Populations
Jun. 4, 2020
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Sara Barcan
Roger Herzog | Sara BarcanState Awards New Funding for 11 Affordable Housing Projects Across Massachusetts
Feb. 14, 2020Roger Herzog
Roger HerzogMassachusetts truly is fortunate that elected leaders consistently demonstrate their support for building affordable housing. We received yet more evidence of this bicameral and bipartisan support on February 4th, when Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito announced $44 million in new funding awards for affordable housing projects across the Commonwealth. ...
Secretary Kennealy’s #15k4ma Tour Looks at Affordable Housing in the Commonwealth
Aug. 9, 2019Roger Herzog
Roger HerzogMassachusetts Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Mike Kennealy has just completed a very special tour across the Commonwealth. Over the course of eight days, he stopped in multiple communities to highlight 28 affordable housing projects in various stages of development across Massachusetts, and by doing so, he has demonstrated why the state remains a national ...
Baker-Polito Administration Announces $118 Million in Awards to Produce and Preserve Affordable Housing Across the Commonwealth
Jul. 26, 2019Roger Herzog
Roger HerzogThe highlight of the year for affordable housing production and preservation occurred on July 18th with the announcement of funding awards in the annual rental housing funding round to 28 affordable housing projects in Massachusetts. When Governor Baker signed the $1.8 billion Housing Bond bill last year – the largest the state has ever seen – it was clear that the Bak...
2018 Data Demonstrates Effective State and City Efforts on Affordable Housing Preservation
Jun. 5, 2019Roger Herzog | 
Bill Brauner
Roger Herzog | Bill BraunerMassachusetts preserved the long-term affordability of more than 3,750 units in 25 multifamily rental developments during 2018, according to data released by the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation (CEDAC). This strong housing preservation performance in 2018 demonstrates the continued impact of the commitment of the Baker-Polito Administration to hou...
Baker-Polito Administration Awards Funding to Produce and Preserve Supportive Housing Units
May. 16, 2019Roger Herzog | Sara Barcan
Roger Herzog | Sara BarcanCEDAC staff attended an event on May 7th at the Worcester YWCA, where Lt. Governor Karyn Polito announced that the Baker-Polito Administration is awarding funding for the production and preservation of 147 new units of supportive housing in communities across Massachusetts. Lt. Governor Polito was joined by State Senators Harriette Chandler and Michael O. Moore, City Manag...