MassHousing will confront the housing challenges facing the Commonwealth to improve the lives of its people.
Relationship to the State Government: Independent Authority
Current Staff Size: 306
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1966
MassHousing is established

1970
First multifamily project completed (Rolling Green at Amherst)

2003
Demonstration Disposition Program

2004
MassHousing creates MIPlus® mortgage insurance for home buyers

2016
MassHousing creates a first in the nation $100 million Workforce Housing program

2019
CommonWealth Builder program launched

2020
MassHousing launches Workforce Advantage home mortgage loan program
Total Financing Provided
Renters Served Since 1966
Homeowners Served Since 1966
Signature Program
CommonWealth Builder (CWB) and Workforce Advantage (WFA)
Working in tandem, these two programs address the racial home ownership gap by subsidizing new construction of for-sale houses and condominiums for moderate income buyers and providing affordable home loans with down payment assistance of up to $25,000 for buyers of those units. The focus is on Boston, 26 mid-size cities and qualified census tracts.
Number of Home Buyers to Date: 75
Future Focus

Chrystal Kornegay
Executive Director
“As we transition to a post COVID world, we are focused on increasing our lending, strengthening our longstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion and helping the Commonwealth of Massachusetts recover and be stronger than ever.”