MassHousing closed on $4.5 million in affordable housing financing to The Community Builders (TCB), for the 53-unit North Commons at Village Hill, a new, affordable and workforce rental housing community being built at the former Northampton State Hospital. All 53 rental homes at the North Commons at Village Hill will be deed-restricted and affordable to residents across a broad range of incomes.

The North Commons at Village Hill project marks the final phase of TCB’s work redeveloping the former Northampton State Hospital. This final project will mark 138 total affordable and workforce rental homes TCB has built at Village Hill, along with six single-family homes that were previously sold at affordable prices.