Worcester Community Housing Resources, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that creates and preserves affordable housing opportunities for low- to moderate-income households and initiates and supports neighborhood revitalization throughout Worcester County.​
Founded in 1993, WCHR has produced or rehabilitated more than 250 units of affordable housing for low-income homeownership or rental, with project budgets totaling approximately $35 million. We are proud of our reputation as a responsive, quality developer and manager of affordable housing, including programs for those with multiple barriers to housing stability.
WCHR owns and manages a wide range of apartments and single rooms that provide families, individuals, and special needs populations with affordable, safe and well-maintained housing choices.
WCHR STAFF
508-799-0322
​Olivia Cepeda
Operations Coordinator
ocepeda@wchr.org
ext. 105
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Benjamin Coy
Director of the WCHR CDFI Fund
ext. 122
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Maureen Flynn
Special Projects Manager
mflynn@wchr.org
ext. 120
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Jini L. Henderson
Property Manager
jhenderson@wchr.org
ext. 104
​Andrew E. Howarth
Director of Development
ahowarth@wchr.org
ext. 102​
Shaperai Osmanzai
Resident Service Coordinator
sosmanzai@wchr.org
ext. 119
or 774-389-4718 (direct)
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Carmen Rivera
Director of Property Management
crivera@wchr.org
ext. 110
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Susan Robertson
Director of Finance & Administration
srobertson@wchr.org
ext. 111
​Noah Schurr
Jr. Project Manager, Real Estate Housing Development
nschurr@wchr.org
ext. 121
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N. Paul TonThat
Executive Director
nptonthat@wchr.org
ext. 114
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Hugo Viruet
Facilities Manager
hviruet@wchr.org
ext. 116
BOARD of DIRECTORS
Board of Directors
President James Hayes - United Way of Central Massachusetts
Vice President Elizabeth Sanning
Treasurer Jane W Loranger - bankHometown
Clerk Michael Comiskey - Citizens Bank
Officer Caleb Cook - Digital Federal Credit Union
Debra Bolz
Indrek Buttner
George Cox - Cox Wealth Management
Michael Jacobs - HarborOne Bank
Jennifer Rutkauski Marble - Savers Bank
Kenneth Mudie
Keith Nisbet - TD Bank
Maureen B Schwab, RN MSN, Nurse, Saint Mary Health Care Center
Lydia Vazquez - Align Credit Union
Donna Warshaw​
Executive Committee
President James Hayes
Vice President Elizabeth Sanning
Treasurer Jane W Loranger
Clerk Michael Comiskey
Officer Caleb Cook
Board of Directors of WCHR Securities, Inc.
President James Hayes
Treasurer Jennifer Rutkauski Marble
Clerk Michael Comiskey
Debra Bolz
Donna R. Warshaw
Audit Committee
James Hayes
Elizabeth Sanning
Jane W Loranger
Michael Comiskey
Caleb Cook
William McCullough, CPA
Loan Committee
Jennifer Rutkauski Marble
James Hayes
Caleb Cook
Darryl Caffee - Webster Five
Alison L. Tower, Esq. - BankHometown/BankESB
Michael Comiskey
Property Development
Committee
Indrek Buttner
Michael Comiskey
Kenneth Mudie
Barbara Yanke - Fidelity Bank​
Supporters
Abba Home Care, LLC
bankHometown
Burt & Jan Schnitzler
Caleb J. Cook
Davis Square Architects
Elizabeth Sanning
Ellen More
Indrek Buttner
Jaclyn Pacejo
James Hayes
Jane Loranger
Justin & Laine Fletcher
Keith Nisbet
Kenneth Mudie
Kenny Weill
Marcia Butzel
Mark Seeley & Elise Forbes Seeley​
Masis Staffing Solutions, LLC
Michael Comiskey
Neel & Candice Smith
New Horizon Transport
Paul Green
Richard Leahy
Romain & Associates
Savers Bank
WCDSA Charitable Foundation
Warner & Mary Fletcher
Wyman Gordon Foundation
Partners
Barbara A. Hilton
Bowditch TRUST u/a
Carel Mulder
Citizens Bank, N.A.
College of the Holy Cross
Edith Allen aka Woodlands Investment Management
Elinor S. Wright
Elizabeth H. Coe
Episcopal Diocese of Iowa
Ernest L. Smith, Jr.
Federated Church of Charlton
First Baptist Church of Holden
First Congregational Church of Shrewsbury
First Congregational Church of Spencer
First Congregational Church of Worcester
First Unitarian Church of Worcester
Great Worcester Community Foundation
Hadwen Park Congregational Church
Health Foundation of Central MA
Homefield Credit Union
Hometown Bank
Melvin S. Cutler Charitable Foundation
Michael R. Lauer
NewVue Communities
Paul and Martha Green III
Perry Dunn Trust
Strata Trust, Cust. FBO Julie L. Barnes IRA
Strata Trust, Cust. FBO Susan K. Jacoby IRA
T.D. Bank
Webster Five Cent Savings Bank
William F. Scott