麻州以抵稅優惠支持19個社區蓋19000戶住宅

左起，麻州副州長Kim Driscoll，州長Maura Healey，房屋及移居社區廳廳長
Ed Augustus 為海德廣場工作小組鼓掌。 (周菊子攝)

      (Boston Orange 周菊子波士頓綜合報導) 麻州州長奚莉 (Maura Healey) 率房屋及移居社區廳廳長Ed Augustus等人，1月22日早上來到牙買加平原 Plain）的聖體教堂 (Blessed Sacrament Church) 宣佈，在州政府的抵稅優惠支持下，麻州內有19個社區的26項房屋發展計畫，將為麻州增建或翻修19000個住宅單位。

麻州正副州長和政要，發展商合影。(周菊子攝)

                                         1月17日時，麻州長奚莉才剛在發表州情咨文中強調了增建住宅的重要性，報告已在2025會計年度預算案中提議，發行41億元住宅債券，以期在未來5年，為麻州建造7萬戶住宅。

                                        麻州政府將動用來自10億元抵稅優惠 (tax credit)款項來資助可負擔住宅項目。奚莉政府稱，自從州長簽署減稅方案後，已募得一年6000萬元低收入住宅抵稅優惠，比之前一年增加2000萬元。

                                    這26個住宅建造計畫，有5個在波士頓市，3個在劍橋市，其他的Athol，Chelsea，Everett， Franklin， Holyorke，Northampton，Oak Bluffs, Rockland, Salem, Somerville, South Hadley, Springfield (春田市)，Templeton, Wellfleet， Worcester，以及在Lynn市，注重醫療護理的150戶可負擔住宅Solimine House，以及在波士頓市Morrissey大道900號，將建99個單人房單位。

                       房屋及移居社區廳廳長Ed Augustus表示，希望麻州議會通過41億元的住宅債券法，就可以開始大刀闊斧地推動蓋房屋計畫。

Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces New Affordable Housing Development Across the State 

26 projects in 19 communities supported by state funding and tax credits 

 

BOSTON – Less than a week after her State of the Commonwealth address in which she vowed to tackle rising housing costs, Governor Maura Healey today committed resources to support the production and preservation of more than 1,900 housing units in 19 communities across the state. 

Gov. Healey, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll and Secretary of Housing and Livable Communities Ed Augustus joined state Sen. Liz Miranda and state Representative Samantha Montaño in Jamaica Plain to celebrate the Blessed Sacrament Church historic adaptive reuse project and to announce subsidies and Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) support for several affordable housing projects across the state. 

 

“These housing projects are a great example of why we expanded the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit in our tax cuts bill,” said Governor Healey. “From a church transformed into mixed-use mixed-income housing in Boston to the re-use of a vacant nursing home as affordable rental housing in Northampton, these funds will make it possible for thousands of Massachusetts residents to afford a home. We look forward to continuing to work to pass the Affordable Homes Act this year to create much-needed housing across all income levels in the state.” 

 

Last fall, as part of a $1 billion tax relief signed by the governor, the Administration raised the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit to $60 million annually – a $20 million increase over the previous year.  

“We are expanding housing opportunities so more people can live, work and stay in Massachusetts,” said Lieutenant Governor Driscoll. “This is just one piece of the Healey-Driscoll Administration’s strategy to increase our housing supply and lower costs for hard-working Massachusetts residents.”  

 

The projects include:  

· Residences at the Park – Athol 

· 135 Dudley Street – Boston 

· 775 Huntington – Boston 

· Blessed Sacrament – Boston 

· Mildred Hailey 3 – Boston 

· NUBA Apartments – Boston 

· Thatcher Apartments – Brockton 

· Clifton Place – Cambridge 

· Jackson Place – Cambridge 

· Sacred Heart – Cambridge 

· 4^th at Broadway – Chelsea  

· 25 Garvey Street – Everett 

· Franklin Ridge Senior Housing – Franklin 

· Library Commons 2 – Holyoke 

· Prospect Place – Northampton 

· Southern Tier – Oak Bluffs  

· Schoolhouse Apartments – Rockland 

· The Exchange 4%/9% - Salem 

· 24 Webster Avenue – Somerville 

· Plaza Apartments – South Hadley 

· Residences at the Vault – Springfield 

· Baldwinville School – Templeton 

· Residences at Lawrence Hill – Wellfleet 

· WCG Homes – Worcester 

 

“These projects, which will now be built as a result of the increase to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, are a direct result of the governor’s tax relief bill,” said Secretary Augustus. “The funding of these projects is proof that housing production for all of our communities is a top priority for the Healey-Driscoll Administration. The governor's Affordable Homes Act will soon fund even more, much needed, affordable housing in the commonwealth.”  

 

Included in today’s announcement are two projects that will serve highly vulnerable populations.  

· Located in Lynn, Solimine House will provide 150 affordable senior housing units with a strong health care link. 

· Located in Boston, 900 Morrissey Boulevard will provide 99 single-room occupancy units, with extensive support services, to chronically homeless individuals in a now-vacant hotel.  

 

“Pennrose is honored to be entrusted by the Hyde Square Task Force to preserve this incredible historic asset with them and to create performance space for the community that fulfills their mission.  We are incredible grateful to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the City of Boston for their commitment, dedication and resources to make this restoration and transformation a reality and to complete the work on this campus that has been done so well by the Jamaica Plain NDC and others,” said Charles Adam, Regional Vice President, Pennrose. 

 

"We are fortunate to partner with Pennrose to preserve this community gem. This project will add much-needed affordable housing to Boston's Latin Quarter and include a performance space to help Hyde Square Task Force further our mission. We are grateful to the Commonwealth and the City of Boston for helping us complete the vision for this amazing building and campus,” said Celina Miranda, Executive Director of the Hyde Square Task Force.