The Massachusetts Congressional delegation, including Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren, along with nine U.S. Representatives, announced $155 million in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding to address Massachusetts’ housing needs, support economic development, and enhance community resilience.
“Housing is a human right,” said Congressman Jim McGovern, (D-MA 2nd District). “The Biden-Harris Administration continues to deliver on their commitments to ensure every American has access to a safe, stable place to call home. This important new federal funding will help cities like Worcester, Leominster and Northampton transform our neighborhoods, address homelessness, build more affordable housing, and support proven transitional housing models. I couldn’t be more excited to continue partnering with local officials to bring more federal funding back to Massachusetts and create more livable communities.”
The $155,648,230 was divvied up amongst 38 municipalities across the Commonwealth. Boston received the most funding with over $27.4 million, Worcester came in second with about $6.98 million, Fitchburg ranked 20th in the state for most funding with about $1.35 million, and Leominster ranked 32nd with about $473,000.
The municipalities now need to propose how they plan on using this funding to HUD.
The funding detailed below encompasses the total allocations for the following HUD programs: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Recovery Housing Program (RHP), HOME Investment Partnerships Program, Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), and the Housing Trust Fund (HTF). It’s important to note that not every program contributed funding to each community, depending on local eligibility and initiatives:
| Rank | Municipality | Federal Funding |
| 1 | Boston | $27,421,556 |
| 2 | Worcester | $6,979,590 |
| 3 | Springfield | $6,399,885 |
| 4 | Cambridge | $5,864,183 |
| 5 | New Bedford | $3,733,486 |
| 6 | Newton | $3,548,147 |
| 7 | Malden | $3,341,534 |
| 8 | Somerville | $3,229,747 |
| 9 | Fall River | $3,915,447 |
| 10 | Lowell | $3,123,979 |
| 11 | Lynn | $3,075,180 |
| 12 | Quincy | $2,806,910 |
| 13 | Lawrence | $2,451,008 |
| 14 | Peabody | $2,390,088 |
| 15 | Holyoke | $2,023,346 |
| 16 | Brockton | $1,896,135 |
| 17 | Taunton | $1,635,810 |
| 18 | Medford | $1,384,050 |
| 19 | Brookline | $1,381,330 |
| 20 | Fitchburg | $1,349,618 |
| 21 | Pittsfield | $1,242,394 |
| 22 | Chicopee | $1,170,806 |
| 23 | Salem | $1,087,373 |
| 24 | Arlington | $1,059,520 |
| 25 | Haverhill | $947,975 |
| 26 | Waltham | $871,572 |
| 27 | Revere City | $745,808 |
| 28 | Weymouth Town | $726,945 |
| 29 | Gloucester | $678,722 |
| 30 | Northampton | $632,617 |
| 31 | Framingham | $495,542 |
| 32 | Leominster | $473,434 |
| 33 | Barnstable County | $404,490 |
| 34 | Plymouth Town | $395,902 |
| 35 | Attleboro | $387,847 |
| 36 | Westfield | $387,173 |
| 37 | Barnstable | $313,652 |
| 38 | Yarmouth | $128,173 |
Interesting that the smallest city in the Commonwealth did not get an allotment. We have serious affordable housing issues in Gardner with city hall joining others in the chorus saying its just really expensive now. Values have gone nuts. My 120-year old house had a 26% increase in its valuation in one year. If I was on Social Security and little more I would be forced to put it on the market. We are told that if it is too much we can seek to do work for the city to reduce the tax amount. We have an expanding homeless population and a proliferation of single bedroom apartments starting at over $1,000 per month.