Springfield councilors question housing RFP process, seek ways to help smaller developers compete
City councilors and housing staff discussed how Springfield awards city land paired with federal housing funds, with concerns that experience-based scoring favors long-established developers. Officials discussed mentorship, targeted scoring categories, and outreach to MassHousing to broaden competition.
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Vice President Tracy Whitfield and city housing staff on Thursday pressed for changes to how Springfield pairs city-owned lots with federal housing dollars, saying smaller local developers face an uphill fight under current request-for-proposal (RFP) criteria.
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