State awards $182 million to fund nearly 1,300 affordable homes; 56 units slated for Winchester

Summary

Governor Maura Healey and state housing officials announced roughly $182 million in tax credits and subsidies across 21 sites that will create nearly 1,300 homes statewide, including 56 units at Winchester’s Waterfield Commons, 40 of which are slated for households at about 60% of area median income.

Governor Maura Healey announced state awards totaling about $182,000,000 in tax credits and subsidies intended to create nearly 1,300 new homes across Massachusetts, naming Winchester’s Waterfield Commons among 21 awardees and noting 56 units will be built there.

The funding was announced at a public event in Winchester where local officials and developers marked the town’s newly renovated Winchester Center commuter rail station and the upcoming Waterfield Commons transit‑oriented project. “We are building housing, and we’re gonna keep building housing,” Governor Maura Healey said, adding the state is working to lower housing costs as it increases production.

Why it matters: State officials said the awards are part of the administration’s Affordable Homes Act programs and related tax‑credit expansions that officials credit with spurring housing production. Secretary Augustus, Massachusetts secretary of Housing and Livable Communities, said the administration’s programs have produced more than 6,000 affordable rental units under construction or rehabilitation and highlighted other tools including a…

State awards $182 million to fund nearly 1,300 affordable homes; 56 units slated for Winchester

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