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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 (FCRHRA) administers the federal Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program, also known as Section 8, for residents of Franklin County (except Greenfield). The Section 8 (HCV) Program provides assistance to eligible low- and moderate-income families to rent housing in the private market. Th...
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Interfaith Council Homelessness Prevention Fund
Agency: Interfaith Council of Franklin County
The Interfaith Council's Homeless Prevention Fund helps people facing eviction or needing help moving into a new place. May include financial help.The Interfaith Council of Franklin County's Housing Assistance Committee has established the Homelessness Prevention Fund Referral Program for residents of Franklin County. Are you facing eviction? Do yo...
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Interfaith Council Homelessness Prevention Fund
Agency: The Salvation Army/Massachusetts Division
The Interfaith Council's Homeless Prevention Fund helps people facing eviction or needing help moving into a new place. May include financial help.The Salvation Army, in association with The Interfaith Council of Franklin County's Housing Assistance Committee, is partnering to administer the Homelessness Prevention Fund Referral Program for residen...
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Interfaith Council Homelessness Prevention Fund
Agency: Montague Catholic Social Ministries
The Interfaith Council's Homeless Prevention Fund helps people facing eviction or needing help moving into a new place. May include financial help.Montague Catholic Social Ministries, in association with The Interfaith Council of Franklin County's Housing Assistance Committee, is partnering to administer the Homelessness Prevention Fund Referral Pr...
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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), Emergency Rental Assistance (ERAP) and HomeBASE programs help keep households in stable housing situations when facing eviction, loss of utilities, and other housing emergencies. These programs provide financial assistance that can be used to help keep their housing, obtain new housing a...
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RAFT (Residential Assistance for Families in Transition)
Agency: Berkshire County Regional Housing Authority
Residential Assistance for Families in Transition (RAFT) provides short-term, flexible financial assistance to low-income families who are homeless or at risk of being displaced or forced to leave their homes due to COVID-19 employment loss.Both the RAFT and the Emergency Rental & Mortgage Assistance (ERMA) programs can provide eligible households ...
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RAFT (Residential Assistance for Families in Transition)
Agency: RCAP Solutions, Inc.
The state-funded RAFT (Residential Assistance for Families in Transition) and ERMA (Emergency Rental & Mortgage Assistance) programs provides short-term, flexible financial assistance to low-income families or individuals who are homeless or at risk of being displaced or forced to leave their homes. Funds are available for eligible households or in...
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RAFT Homelessness Prevention Program
Agency: Way Finders
Way Finders, the regional Housing Consumer Education Center (HCEC) for Hampden and Hampshire counties, administers the Residential Assistance for Families in Transition (RAFT), a short-term, flexible financial assistance to low-income families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. RAFT, Emergency Rental and Mortgage Assistance (ERMA), a...
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Resource and Drop-in Centers
Agency: ServiceNet, Inc.
ServiceNet's Franklin, Hampshire and Berkshire County Resource Centers work with homeless and other individuals by assisting with job search, housing search and referrals, accessing mental health (basic mental health counseling), substance abuse services and other needs. Each location serves as a Homeless Drop-in Center, providing a space to warm u...
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Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers
Agency: RCAP Solutions, Inc.
RCAP Solutions provides Section 8 Mobile Vouchers to over low-income families throughout central Massachusetts. Rental units must meet minimum standards of health and safety, and the rent must be reasonable in comparison to rents for similar, non-assisted units in the same neighborhood or community. Rental assistance is paid directly to the landlor...
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Services for Those Experiencing Homelessness
Agency: Amherst Survival Center (ASC)
The Amherst Survival Center's Resource and Drop-in Center provides assistance to those experiencing homelessness. Drop-in, sit down, get cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Showers, lockers, laundry, computers, charging station, and mail service available to people experiencing homelessness. Masks are required.
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Tenancy Preservation Program
Agency: Berkshire County Regional Housing Authority
The Berkshire County Regional Housing Authority’s (BCRHA) Tenancy Preservation Program (TPP) is a homelessness prevention program that serves Berkshire, Hampshire, Hampden, and Franklin Counties. TPP works with renters and families with disabled members who are facing eviction due to a disability (e.g., mental illness, developmental disabilities, s...
