Housing and Community Development (DHCD)

Recent news & announcements from Housing and Community Development

• Press Release

  Baker-Polito Administration Announces $139 Million in Funding and Tax Credits to Produce and Preserve 1,346 Units of Affordable Rental Housing  

  7/15/2021 Office of Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito

  Twenty-eight projects in 21 communities will add 1,526 total housing units, including transit-oriented and Passive House developments

• Press Release

  Baker-Polito Administration and MassHousing Announce $7 Million in New Funding for Affordable Housing in Four Communities 

  6/23/2021 Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development

  Awards from the Community Scale Housing Initiative will advance smaller-scale affordable housing developments in Hamilton, Holyoke, Somerville, and Tisbury

• News

  Emergency Housing Voucher Listening Sessions and Written Comments 

  6/23/2021 Housing and Community Development

• Press Release

  Baker-Polito Administration Announces First Commitments Under CommonWealth Builder Program 

  6/17/2021 Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development

  $3.35 million in funding will create new affordable homeownership opportunities in Boston, Everett, and Haverhill

• Press Release

  Baker-Polito Administration Awards $5 Million in Capital Grants to Communities Committed to Housing Production 

  3/31/2021 Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development

  14 Communities Receive Housing Choice Designation, Gain Eligibility for Future Grants

• Press Release

  Baker-Polito Administration Awards Funding, Vouchers to Seven Affordable Housing Projects for Vulnerable Communities 

  3/31/2021 Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development

  Supportive housing provides critical services to support chronically homeless individuals, individuals in recovery and formerly homeless individuals flourish