Complete Guide to Massachusetts M.G.L 40H certified CDCs

A CDC or Community Development Corporation is a non-profit organization formed to provide affordable housing inventory to residents living in Massachusetts.  This list was created in 2015. New ones may be operating. Please report  any links that no longer work or tell us about new CDCs not on this list.

CDC Directory

1. Allston Brighton CDC
   Allston Brighton CDC
   20 Linden Street, Suite 288
   Allston, MA 02134
   Phone: 617-787-3874, Fax: 617-787-0425 
2. Asian Community Development Corportion Boston
   ACDC now has five properties in its portfolio that includes 756 homes of which 375 are
   affordable. Three developments in Chinatown account for 702 newly built homes. ACDC received nearly 4,400 applications for the 95 affordable rental units in at the 300 suite building at 66 Hudson at One Greenway. Families begin moving into One Greenway August 2015.

    

    

3. Belmont Town of Belmont Housing Trust and the HOME Consortium contact is  Jeffrey Wheeler in the Office of Community Development at 617-993-2666 or by e-mail at jwheeler@belmont-ma.gov . Belmont’s affordable housing developments are Waverley Woods Affordable Rental Housing Development (Zone 6, McLean District), B Street and  Brighton Street. Direct questions about applying for apartments or buying a home to  the Office of Community Development.
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   CDC of Southern Berkshire
   Community Development Corporation of South Berkshire (CDCSB)
   P.O. Box 733
   17 Bridge Street
   Great Barrington MA 01230
   p 413.528.7788, f 413.528.4978, info@cdcsb.org
   Over the last five years, we have leveraged over $13 million in public and private investment for southern Berkshire County and created fifty affordable housing units.

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   Coalition for a Better Acre (Lowell)
   517 Moody Street, Floor 3
   Lowell, MA 01854-4014
   Tel: 978-452-7523 | Fax: 978-452-4923 | info@cbacre.org
   Coalition for a Better Acre has has been responsible for the development of 425 residential rental units and sold an additional 50 homes to first-time homebuyers.

6. Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corp
   Showcases apartments at 702 Washington Street Dorchester Ma 02124, 617.825.8888;
   173 Columbia Road, Dorchester MA, 617.287.9580 and 193 Talbot Ave., Dorchester MA 02124, 617.265.3200 on their web site. Manages 40 Fairmont Corridor coop apartments and has a lot on the ball in Dorchester. 
7. Lexington Housing Partnership
   click for the current list of Lexington Affordable Housing Opportunities

    

    

8. Randolph – the Town of Randolph has public housing. There is Elderly Drive built in 1967 with 48 one bedroom units on Mill Street; Sunshine Avenue was built a year later with 64 one bedroom units on Oak Street and there is DeCeIle Drive built in 1975 with 124 one bedroom units offNorth Street where the RHA or Randolph Housing Authority office  – Phone (781) 961-1400,
   Fax (781) 963-0251;  is located.   Checkout http://www.randolphhousingauthority.org/properties/
    
9. Worcester Common Ground
   5 Piedmont Street Worcester, MA 01610 508-754-0908
   The WCG CDC finances community development. Over 128 affordable units are in its care.

1. Worcester Community Housing Resources
   contacto con: Olivia Cepeda Office Manager/Finance Assistant (508) 799-0322 ext. 100.  See affordable houses and condos for sale and rentals for income qualified tenants on its web link above site.
2. Worcester East Side CDC
   310 Highland Street Worcester, MA 016042, 508-799-6942
   See what they have to offer.

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