Governor Healey Announces Subsidies and LIHTC Support for Affordable Housing Projects across MA

Post date
January 23, 2024
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Abhi Kurve

Deputy Director of Public Policy

On January 22nd, the Healey-Driscoll Administration announced investments in affordable housing for the production and preservation of over 1,900 housing units in 19 communities. This involves the allocation of state funding and Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) support for various projects.

The Legislature and the Administration passed a $1 billion tax relief bill in the fall of 2022, which included raising the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit to $60 million annually – a $20 million increase over the previous year. 

The projects receiving the investments encompass a diverse range of developments, such as transforming a historic church into mixed-use housing in Boston and repurposing a vacant nursing home in Northampton. 

The projects include:  

  • Residences at the Park – Athol 
  • 135 Dudley Street – Boston 
  • 775 Huntington – Boston 
  • Blessed Sacrament – Boston 
  • Mildred Hailey 3 – Boston 
  • NUBA Apartments – Boston 
  • Thatcher Apartments – Brockton 
  • Clifton Place – Cambridge 
  • Jackson Place – Cambridge 
  • Sacred Heart – Cambridge 
  • 4th at Broadway – Chelsea  
  • 25 Garvey Street – Everett 
  • Franklin Ridge Senior Housing – Franklin 
  • Library Commons 2 – Holyoke 
  • Prospect Place – Northampton 
  • Southern Tier – Oak Bluffs  
  • Schoolhouse Apartments – Rockland 
  • The Exchange 4%/9% - Salem 
  • 24 Webster Avenue – Somerville 
  • Plaza Apartments – South Hadley 
  • Residences at the Vault – Springfield 
  • Baldwinville School – Templeton 
  • Residences at Lawrence Hill – Wellfleet 
  • WCG Homes – Worcester 
  • Solimine House, Lynn (150 affordable senior housing units with health care supports) 
  • 900 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston (99 single-room occupancy units, with extensive support services, to chronically homeless individuals in a now-vacant hotel)  

For more on the Administration's press release, please visit https://www.mass.gov/news/healey-driscoll-administration-announces-new-affordable-housing-development-across-the-state.