Existing Greenfield Affordable Housing
There are a huge number of Section 8 and Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MRVP) certificates that are in a wide variety of houses around town. Some are managed by larger landlords, some by small landlords. We have not researched the exact number of certificates in town. 15% of Greenfield’s housing is either publicly owned or receives subsidies through Section 8 or MRVP.
Right now in January 2025, the Franklin County Regional Housing Authority has helped develop housing in Greenfield, but does not own any housing here. (Though that may change.) They own and operate housing in many of the towns around us.
The state has a requirement identified as 40B. This requires all communities in the Commonwealth to have at least 10% of their housing designated as affordable. As noted above Greenfield has 15% presently and will soon have more than that. The towns around us do not come close to their 10% (with the exception of Sunderland, Orange, and perhaps Montague — mostly in Turners Falls). What 40B states is that if a town does not meet its 10% and a farmer sells land to a developer, none of the town’s zoning rules apply. All state building codes do, but if a town has 1 acre lots, a developer is not required to have 1 acre lots.
Greenfield Housing List
Greenfield Housing Authority (GHA) (owned and operated)
Oak Courts –74 units (family housing)
Elm Terrace—108 units (housing for seniors and disabled persons)
491 Main Street—19 units—congregate living
94 Elm Street
9 Grove Street
37 Woodleigh Avenue
24 Pierce Street
23 Mill Street
159 Conway Street
279 Elm Street (318 Conway)
111A & B, 113A & B Conway Street
116A & B, 118A & B Wells Street
74-76 Phillips Street
275 Elm Street
300 Conway Street
27-29 Spruce Street
Sullivan Lane—10 units
87N & S, 89N & S Elm Streets
87, 190, 195, 245 Briar Way
Greenfield Housing Associates Inc. (private non-profit affiliated with GHA)
Winslow — 9 Wells Street—55 units
317 Deerfield Street—4 units