（Boston Orange綜合報導）麻州政府今（10 月 10）日宣佈，將撥款19,695,134美元，資助波士頓房屋管理局（BHA）和社區建造者（The Community Builders）合作的布萊頓（Brighton）芬紐花園(Faneuil Garden)重新發展案第一期工程。
麻州副州長Kim Driscoll(前右三），波士頓市長吳弭（第二排右二），
波士頓市代表Brighton的市議員Liz Breadon(前右二）等多名政要出席
芬紐花園公屋村翻修新建工程第一期即將展開。（周菊子攝）
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| 出席政要合影。（周菊子攝） |
麻州副州長Kim Driscoll，麻州住宅及移居社區廳廳長Ed Augustus，波士頓市長吳弭（Michelle Wu），波士頓房屋管理局局長白凱欣（kenzie Bok），波士頓市議員Liz Breadon，不分區市議員Henry Santana等多名政要都出席了慶祝儀式。
麻州州長奚莉（Maura Healey）在一份聲明中表示，這筆投資不僅為社區提供了更現代化，無障礙的住宅，還解決了社區居民的居住問題。副州長Kim Driscoll則說，這重新發展案的設計，以居民為優先考量，還為更多家庭提供了更多綠化空間，值得稱許。
吳弭市長也說，這一發展案有助實現波士頓市的“居者有其屋”理想。
白凱欣也很興奮，直言地方居民談論翻新，修繕這公屋村落，已不下數十年。如今在各方努力下，終於即將實現，讓人非常期待。
社區建造者董事長兼執行長Bart Mitchell表示，“芬紐花園”是75年前蓋的3層高樓房，年久失修，每戶住宅內的設備都很老舊，大樓又沒有電梯，對耆英來說，很不方便，所以他們才做了一個多年期的總體發展計劃，很高興第一期工程先後獲得了波士頓市政府及麻州政府的支持，後續的各期工程進度，還得看將來得到的支持而定。
Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces Nearly $20 million to redevelop Faneuil Gardens Public Housing Community
State investment launches a five-phase plan to modernize and expand housing in Brighton
BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced a $19,695,134 Public Housing Innovations Program grant award to the Boston Housing Authority for Phase 1 of the Faneuil Gardens redevelopment in Brighton. The Boston Housing Authority, in partnership with The Community Builders, will lead a multi-phase public/private effort to modernize the state-aided Faneuil Gardens public housing community.
Phase 1 will replace all 81 apartments in the community with modernized units and add an additional 33 affordable apartments, for a total of 114 homes. The project consists of five phases, which, when completed will replace 258 public housing units with 445 total homes — adding 187 new affordable homes for households, modernizing existing units and creating new green and recreational spaces.
“Faneuil Gardens shows what it means to invest in public housing the right way — creating new, modern and accessible homes for hundreds of members of our community and helping to lower costs for everyone,” said Governor Maura Healey. “With this Public Housing Innovations award, we’re delivering results for Boston residents today and building momentum for the larger redevelopment to come.”
“This project pairs more homes with more open space. That’s a community-first design that strengthens the neighborhood and supports residents at every stage of life,” said Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll. “We’re proud to partner with BHA, The Community Builders and the city of Boston to move Phase 1 across the finish line.”
“Public housing gives thousands of individuals and families in Massachusetts a place they can truly call home,” said Secretary of Housing and Livable Communities Ed Augustus,. “For far too long, many of those homes became outdated due to underinvestment. Through key upgrades and complete redevelopments like Faneuil Gardens, the Healey-Driscoll Administration is improving our public housing communities so residents can live with pride and dignity.”
“The renovation and addition of new state public housing units to our Brighton community builds on our work to make Boston a home for everyone,” said Mayor Michelle Wu. “I’m proud to celebrate this major milestone for our Boston Housing Authority residents and grateful to the Healey-Driscoll administration, Majority Leader Mike Moran, and City Councilor Liz Breadon, whose partnership and commitment to affordable housing has made this project a reality.”
“75 years ago, the commonwealth made an investment at Faneuil Gardens and laid the foundation for generations of families to live and thrive in the Brighton community,” said BHA Administrator Kenzie Bok. “Today, Massachusetts is once again investing in this community’s future. This funding will help to ensure that our residents enjoy the kind of safe, sustainable and healthy affordable housing that they deserve, while also bringing desperately needed additional new housing to this neighborhood. We are so grateful to the Healey-Driscoll Administration and Secretary Augustus for supporting this transformative project.”
“Faneuil Gardens is home to families who have built deep connections and fostered a thriving community,” said Bart Mitchell, president and CEO of The Community Builders. “We are grateful to Governor Healey and Mayor Wu for leading administrations that are investing in the future of the Brighton neighborhood. With this funding, we will begin to transform Faneuil Gardens into modern, beautiful, affordable homes that preserve the fabric of the community. TCB is honored to work with residents, the Boston Housing Authority, and our partners as we build a stronger, brighter future together.”
The grant is funded through the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities’ Public Housing Innovations Program. The Public Housing Innovations program partners with local housing authorities to modernize state-aided public housing through mixed-income and mixed-finance redevelopment, shifting state-run public housing to federal control where appropriate and strategically using tax credits to add new affordable homes.
Following decades of underfunding, the Healey-Driscoll Administration has increased resources to update and modernize the state’s public housing system, which includes more than 43,000 state-supported public housing units. In 2024, Governor Healey signed the $5 billion Affordable Homes Act, including $2 billion in authorizations for capital improvements to state-aided public housing. The administration budgeted $157 million in fiscal 2025 for capital improvements to public housing — a 29 percent increase over the previous year.
That commitment is already showing results across Massachusetts. Last week, the administration joined the Worcester Housing Authority to break ground on Phase 2 of the Curtis Apartments redevelopment and tour the nearly complete Phase 1. Over four phases, the current 1950s-era brick public housing buildings will be demolished and replaced with 527 units in new, modern, energy efficient buildings that better meet the current needs and living standards of families today. Phase 2 will also add a Worcester Public Library branch on site.
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