The Toolbox

The Stockbridge Affordable Housing Trust can take a number of different approaches in its efforts to develop new affordable housing or rehabilitate existing buildings. The Trust is currently garnering financial resources so that we have sufficient funding when a good opportunity arises. We are in all likelihood going to have to partner with a developer or builder who can provide most of the funding, with our contribution making the difference between a project that goes forward and one that gets sidelined. 

Here are some of the ways the Trust may be able to generate new housing:

• Acquire and rehabilitate a building to provide multiple units of housing

• Provide subsidies for building Accessory Dwelling Units to be occupied by full-time residents

• Create a pocket neighborhood of 4 to 6 tiny homes (400 square feet) and smaller houses under 900 square feet with private buyers supplying most of the funding 

• Assist with the development of mixed income housing at the Stockbridge Industrial Park. We may be able to secure state grants to pay for infrastructure improvements in a project that could produce several dozen units of housing

• Locate a suitable parcel and partner with a developer/builder in creating several units of mixed income housing

• Provide down payment assistance to first time home buyers

We are on the lookout for opportunities to get a project started. We welcome your ideas and suggestions. We need community involvement to make this a success. Visit the Contact page of this website to send in any comments.