Massachusetts awards nearly $200 million for affordable housing; Waterfield Commons in Winchester to add 56 homes

WINCHESTER, Mass. — Massachusetts officials on Oct. 5 announced nearly $200 million in awards to build affordable homes across the state and celebrated Waterfield Commons, a 56-unit transit‑oriented development planned next to the Winchester Center commuter rail station.

The awards announced by Governor Maura Healey and Secretary Augustus will support approximately 1,300 homes across 21 sites statewide, state officials said at a ceremony hosted by Michelle Prior, chair of the Winchester Select Board. “We are building housing. We are building housing, and we're gonna keep we're gonna keep building housing,” Governor Maura Healey said.

Waterfield Commons is slated to provide 56 apartments next to the newly reopened Winchester Center commuter rail station. Developer Causeway Civico (represented at the event by David “Dave” Trigorth of Causeway Development) said 40 of the 56 apartments will be affordable to households at or below 60 percent of area median income; some units will be targeted at lower levels, including 30 percent of area median income, officials said. Trigorth described the project as “passive house design and construction, all electric, energy efficient, and really built for the future.”

Why this matters: State officials said the awards flow from the administration’s housing agenda, including a recent expansion of…