Pittsfield Housing Trust Awards $860K in APRA Funds

With an end-of-year deadline, the trust recommended three projects for funding, and extra American Rescue Plan Act monies were allocated to fill the gaps. The panel was originally awarded $500,000 to disperse.

Pittsfield Housing Trust Has End of Year ARPA Deadline

The Affordable Housing Trust has four months to commit a half-million dollars in American Rescue Plan Act funds.

Williamstown Housing Trust Faces Decision on Family Selection Process for New Development

The board of the Affordable Housing Trust may face a decision about whether it's more important to follow the practice of its non-profit partner or the dictates of a state housing program.

Pittsfield Housing Trust Digs into ARPA Proposals

The trust reviewed five letters of intent for housing projects in the city and will ask the parties to submit a full application.

Williamstown Housing Trust Seeks to Resolve Habitat Project Issue

Part of the plan Habitat developed with civil engineer Guntlow and Associates is a rain garden that would be part of the subdivision's stormwater management plan.

Williamstown Affordable Housing Trust Hears Objections to Summer Street Proposal

A couple of the residents who addressed the AHT said they are concerned that Northern Berkshire Habitat is biting off more than it can chew and will not have the resources to build five houses at the site.

Habitat for Humanity Plans Wednesday Info Sessions on Williamstown Development

Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity will hold two information sessions this spring for residents interested in a planned five-home development off Summer Street.

In Drafting Support Letter for Pittsfield Condo Project, Some Call for Redesign

Pittsfield Housing Trust Looks to Involvement with CPA Process

The Affordable Housing Trust will offer its expertise for Community Preservation Act applications related to housing.

Habitat for Humanity Making Plans for Williamstown's Summer Street Lot

Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity is making plans to develop four single-family homes on a Summer Street residential lot the Affordable Housing Trust acquired in 2015.

Williamstown Housing Trust Awards First-Time Homeowner Grant

A representative of lender Greylock Federal Credit Union told the trustees that the would-be homeowner would have needed help from family to make the purchase happen, but for the grant from the town.

Exorbitant Housing Prices, Limited Options for Pittsfield Residents

Local leaders highlighted housing needs at a public input meeting with the Affordable Housing Trust on Wednesday.

Williamstown Housing Trust Exploring New Ideas

In the former, they talked about following models in other communities that allow higher grants for income eligible homebuyers or pursuing partnerships with homebuilders that might have more capacity than the non-profit Habitat for Humanity, which relies on volunteer labor for much of the work.

Pittsfield Housing Trust Explores Relationship Between Energy Efficiency and Affordability

On Wednesday, the Affordable Housing Trust looked into energy costs as a challenge of affordable housing with presentations from the Berkshire Community Action Council and the Berkshire Environmental Action Team.

Affordable Housing Trust Talks Preservation of Pittsfield Units

Affordable Housing Trust member Michael McCarthy asked his colleagues: How do we leverage trust fund monies for quality affordable housing?