Development & Receivership
Development
Worcester Community Housing Resources works with private and public partners to develop both home ownership and rental housing in key neighborhood locations.
With development and management staff experienced in most federal, state, and local financing programs, WCHR has the ability to work with property owners, local government, and advocates in developing a plan and financial package to turn vacant land and underused or abandoned buildings into quality housing.
WCHR also works with nonprofit agencies and for-profit developers to provide financing for their development projects and assist with the location of additional funding. For more information, please contact Andy Howarth at 508-799-0322 ext. 102 or ahowarth@wchr.org
The Oriol Drive Permanent Supportive Housing project will convert a 114-room former Quality Inn Hotel and Suites to individual income-restricted one-bedroom and studio apartments, associated common areas, and supportive service spaces.
Receivership
Through Massachusetts law, courts can put unsafe properties into receivership to address unsafe conditions and return them to habitable condition. WCHR works with municipal officials, the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, and approved receivers to provide lending and technical support. We are one of only a few lenders in the region who can make these loans, and we have become a leading institution in the use of receivership to combat abandoned and foreclosed properties.
Receivership programs enable local cities and towns to eliminate blight and threats to public health and safety by rehabilitating properties with multiple code violations, including those that are abandoned and foreclosed.
WCHR works with private contractors and property owners who are appointed by the court to take over the management and repair of substandard properties, then resell the properties to responsible property managers for their long term sustainability.
For more information, please contact Andy Howarth at 508-799-0322 ext. 102 or ahowarth@wchr.org.
