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Franklin County HRA urges program changes as rural housing development lags
Summary
The Franklin County Regional Housing & Redevelopment Authority said federal and state program designs and eligibility gaps leave rural communities disadvantaged and requested changes including a rural LIHTC set‑aside, better QAP treatment and access to economic-distress boosts.
Gina Gavoni, executive director of the Franklin County Regional Housing & Redevelopment Authority (HRA) and its nonprofit affiliate Rural Development, Inc. (RDI), told the committee that rural Western Massachusetts faces high renter cost burdens, low vacancy rates and programmatic exclusions that impede development.
Gavoni said HRA serves 26 mostly rural towns and functions as a "one-stop shop" for…
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