Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities services & programs

The Affordable Housing Trust Fund has been structured to ensure that many different types of organizations are eligible to receive financing.

In response to Chapter 334 of the Acts of 2006 ('the Act"), the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities has developed a spreadsheet for local housing authorities administering state public housing to report data required by the Act to DHCD.

The Residential Assistance for Families in Transition (RAFT) program provides short-term emergency funding to help you with eviction, foreclosure, loss of utilities, and other housing emergencies.

AHVP is a state voucher program offering rental assistance for people with a disability who are under 60.

The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCVP) helps families with low income by paying part of their rent.

Continuums of Care (CoC) organizations are federally designated to receive and manage HUD homelessness funding to support families and individuals experiencing homelessness. There are currently 10 CoCs operating in the Commonwealth and HLC operates 1 of them called, the Balance of State Continuum of Care (BoS CoC).

Capital Improvement and Preservation Fund (CIPF) is a state funded program that provides funds for the preservation of expiring use properties or for properties with expiring project-based rental assistance contracts.

A Housing Production Plan (HPP) is a community's proactive strategy for planning and developing affordable housing by creating a strategy to enable it to meet its affordable housing needs in a manner consistent with the Chapter 40B statute and regulation

The following information is provided to assist planners and developers in their affordable housing efforts.

Guidance on calculating 40B affordable sale prices and rents.