HOUSING
 

Athol Housing Authority
21 Morton Meadows, Athol, MA 01331
Tel:  (978) 249-4848   Fax:  (978) 249-9604
Contact:  Sunda Grubb
Email:  athol.housing@verizon.net

AHA provides housing for elderly and disabled individuals and subsidized family housing for income eligible residents and administrates the state rental voucher program and the federal Section 8 program for the North Quabbin area.

Currently AHA manages:

• 78 Elderly/Disabled Housing units

• 16 Family Housing units

• 45 Mass Rental Voucher Program units

• 58 Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers

Franklin County Housing Redevelopment Authority
42 Canal Street, P.O. Box 30, Turners Falls, MA 01376
Tel:  (413) 863-9781   Fax:  (413) 863-9289
Contact:  Joanne Glier ext. 150 or Kathy Kroll ext. 151
Website:  www.fchra.org

Franklin County Housing and Redevelopment Authority’s Housing Consumer Education Center (HCEC) provides information and referral to tenants, landlords, homeowners, homebuyers and area advocates on housing related issues/concerns, and housing resources.

HRA manages a portfolio of rental subsides, housing rehabilitation programs, works collaboratively with communities to address a community’s development needs and offers First Time Homebuyer Workshops for Franklin County and the North Quabbin region. WHATEVER YOUR HOUSING ISSUES, CALL HCEC FOR ASSISTANCE.

Greenfield Housing Authority
1 Elm Terrace, Greenfield, MA 01331
Tel:  (413) 774-2932   Fax:   (413) 772-0616
Website:  www.greenfieldhousing.org

Heating System & Weatherization Programs
(A program of Community Action!)
(Franklin & Hampshire Counties)
393 Main Street, Greenfield, MA 01301
Tel:  (413) 774-2318 ext. 112
Contact:  Tracy Kellam-Masloski

Community Action’s Heating System Program offers free emergency repairs and replacements of burners or entire heating systems for income eligible households in Franklin County and the North Quabbin.

Housing Search
First Call for Help
(A program of Community Action!)
167 South Main St., Orange, MA 01364
Tel:  (978) 544-8091

A program of First Call for Help which works together with families in the North Quabbin to find and maintain safe, permanent affordable housing.

Mass. Fair Housing Center
(Formerly The Housing Discrimination Project, Inc.)
(800) 675-7309
57 Suffolk Street, Holyoke, MA 01040
Tel/TTY:  (413) 539-9796   Fax:  (413) 533-9978

or

405 Main Street, 4^th Floor, Worcester, MA 01608
Tel:  (508) 799-7496   TTY:  (508) 755-3260   Fax:  (508) 752-5918
Email:  hdp@the-spa.com
Website:  www.massfairhousing.org

Discrimination is illegal throughout the state of Massachusetts. It is against the law to deny anyone housing based on any of the following:  Race, Color, Sex, National Origin, Religion, Children or Family Status, Disability, Marital Status, Age (except minors), Sexual Orientation, Veteran Status, Ancestry, Source of Income, Housing subsidies or rental assistance. The Mass. Fair Housing Center provides education, counseling and free legal services for anyone who has been illegally denied housing.

The Mass. Fair Housing Center does not stop at people who experience discrimination. We work to educate everyone about their rights and responsibilities under the fair housing laws and to bring communities together to strengthen the fight against discrimination. The Mass. Fair Housing Center serves the community in many ways by:

• Conducting education workshops on fair housing issues

• Investigating claims of housing discrimination

• Providing free legal assistance to the victims of discrimination

• Working closely with city governments and housing providers on fair housing issues

• Requiring all members of the housing provider community to stop illegal discriminatory practices

Office of Planning & Development
584 Main Street, Athol, MA 01331
Tel:  (978) 575-0301   Fax:  (978) 575-0323
Contact:  Phil Delorey
Email:  planning@townofathol.org

Provides funds for eligible recipients for housing rehabilitation, septic repairs, under MA DHCD (Dept. of Housing & Community Development) guidelines.

Orange Housing Authority
200 E. River Street, Orange, MA 01364
Tel:  (978) 544-6000   Fax:  (978) 544-1964
Contact:  Christi Martin, Director

OHA administrates low income and senior citizen housing in Orange, 56 Elderly/handicapped units; 8 family units; 45 Mass Rental Voucher Program in Orange.

RCAP Solutions
(Formerly:  RHI-Rural Housing Improvement, Inc.)
205 School Street, P.O. Box 159, Gardner, MA 01440
Tel:  (978) 630-6600   Fax:  (978) 630-2751
Toll Free:  (800) 488-1969   TTY:  (978) 630-2751
Contact:  Sabrina Kublbeck – Resouce Center Coordinator
Website:  www.rcapsolutions.org

Founded in 1969, RCAP Solutions is a comprehensive $25 million nonprofit community development corporation providing direct services and consultation to over 300 communities throughout northeast U.S., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. We strive to be the first choice of small and rural communities for the kind of planning, consulting and direct services that in large cities would be provided by dozens of different departments and private entities. Our staff provides a highly integrated suite of services through cross-disciplinary project teams of skilled field specialists and corporate resources in three areas:  community infrastructure, housing assistance and supportive services, and real estate services.

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