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Revere trust fund weighs direct investment and grants to convert market-rate buildings to affordable ownership
Summary
Revere — At its March 12, 2025, meeting, the City of Revere Affordable Housing Trust Fund board discussed two competing strategies to create affordable homeownership: the trust fund buying and converting 2–4‑family buildings itself, or subsidizing private developers to produce deed‑restricted units.
Revere — At its March 12, 2025, meeting, the City of Revere Affordable Housing Trust Fund board discussed two competing strategies to create affordable homeownership: the trust fund buying and converting 2–4‑family buildings itself, or subsidizing private developers to produce deed‑restricted units.
The discussion, led by board member Matt Wolfer at the homeownership subcommittee report, focused on tradeoffs of control, cost and operational capacity. Wolfer said the board is weighing “the trust fund direct investing in 2 to 4 family properties and converting them into condos” against offering gap funding to private developers to require one unit be sold at an affordable price.
The nut graf: the board must decide whether to pursue a capital‑intensive, high‑control model that would place buildings on the trust fund’s balance sheet, or a lower‑cost subsidy model that would use grants to make privately managed conversions affordable.
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