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Affordable Rental Apartments
Agency: Franklin County Regional Housing and Redevelopment Authority
Franklin County Regional Housing and Redevelopment Authority manages low-income/ affordable housing complexes at several different locations throughout Franklin County including Turners Falls, Orange, and Ashfield.
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First-Time Homebuyer Workshops and Counseling
Agency: Franklin County Regional Housing and Redevelopment Authority
Franklin County Regional Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) provides homeownership education to first-time buyers to help them find and finance a home. HRA also offers post-purchase education to help homeowners avoid or address problems that may lead to mortgage default or foreclosure.
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Foreclosure Prevention
Agency: Franklin County Regional Housing and Redevelopment Authority
The Franklin County Regional Housing and Redevelopment Authority has partnered with The Western Massachusetts Foreclosure Prevention Center to provide foreclosure prevention services to the residents of Franklin County.If you are worried that you may default on your mortgage but are not yet facing foreclosure, we still recommend that you call as so...
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HomeBASE
Agency: Franklin County Regional Housing and Redevelopment Authority
The HomeBASE program provides families an opportunity to overcome some the financial barriers to ending their homelessness. The amount and type of assistance is based on a family's needs, which will be determined through an assessment by the Dept. of Transitional Assistance (DTA). Families deemed eligible for Emergency Assistance (EA), by DHCD Home...
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Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8)
Agency: Franklin County Regional Housing and Redevelopment Authority
The Franklin County Regional Housing and Redevelopment Authority administers the federal Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program for residents of Franklin County (except Greenfield). HRA administers both mobile (or tenant-based) vouchers and project-based vouchers.
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Housing Consumer Education Center
Agency: Franklin County Regional Housing and Redevelopment Authority
The Housing Consumer Education Center (HCEC) helps tenants, landlords, prospective buyers, and homeowners, understand a variety of housing issues. HCEC's offer housing assistance, services and information, to anyone with a housing issue. This information is designed to improve housing stability, minimize disputes, and to provide homeowners and rent...
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Housing Rehabilitation Program
Agency: Franklin County Regional Housing and Redevelopment Authority
The FCRHRA administers loans to help provide an affordable way for homeowners to do needed repairs, weatherize their homes and meet building codes.The Housing Rehabilitation Program of the FCRHRA administers deferred payment housing rehabilitation loans on behalf of many of the municipalities of Franklin County. These loans provide an affordable me...
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Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program
Agency: Franklin County Regional Housing and Redevelopment Authority
The Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MRVP) permanently improves the lives of low-income families and individuals by offering both tenant- and project-based rental subsidies. The tenant-based voucher, which is known as Mobile, is assigned to the Participant and is valid for any housing unit that meets the standards of the state sanitary code. P...
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RAFT (Residential Assistance for Families in Transition)
Agency: Franklin County Regional Housing and Redevelopment Authority
The Residential Assistance for Families in Transition (RAFT) and Emergency Rental & Mortgage Assistance (ERMA) programs provide financial assistance to individuals and families at risk of being displaced or forced to leave their homes due to COVID-19 employment loss. Both the RAFT and the ERMA programs can provide eligible households up to $10,000 ...
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State-Aided Public Housing
Agency: Franklin County Regional Housing and Redevelopment Authority
The Franklin County Regional Housing and Redevelopment Authority (FCRHRA) owns and manages several chapter 667 and chapter 705 state-aided public housing developments. These site-based housing subsidies are available to families, seniors, and disabled persons with low income.
