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SCC builds affordable rental housing, creates homeownership opportunities, and purchases homes off the speculative market making them permanently affordable.

SCC owns and operates over 340 units of rental housing and more than 9,000 square feet of commercial space comprising four commercial units, which are leased to a healthcare clinic, dentist, daycare center and variety store.

The 340 units were developed with Low Income Housing Tax Credit equity and various combinations of affordable housing financing from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the City of Somerville’s Affordable Housing Trust and Community Preservation Act Funds and federal resources such as McKinney-Vento Homeless Act, and Home Investment Partnership program funds.

Some of our properties serve previously homeless families and individuals, and some set aside units for people with permanent physical or mental impairments.

Since 2016, the 100 Homes Initiative (along with the subsequent 49 More Homes Initiative) has continued its success and now includes a total of 117 units in 20 buildings across the City. Unique in New England, the initiative directly addresses the problem of the escalating Somerville housing market in which residential properties are routinely purchased by investors and “cash buyers,” causing the displacement of long-time Somerville residents. By pulling these properties off the market we can preserve existing housing units as affordable in perpetuity and protect the tenancies of many Somerville residents, including many immigrant families who may not have applied or qualified for typical affordable housing programs. We are then also able to create better engagement with local residents and connect them to the other organizing, job training, and asset building services that SCC has to offer.

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If you are interested in learning more about occupancy in a particular property, contact Wingate Management Company, which professionally manages the SCC portfolio of properties.

Affordable Housing Organizing Committee

Affordable Housing Organizing Committee

The Affordable Housing Organizing Committee (AHOC) was founded by SCC members and staff to educate and engage residents to press for policies that preserve and build affordable housing in Somerville.

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Why Do We Need Affordable Housing?

The lack of affordable housing is a crisis nationwide, and especially in Somerville. Housing costs continue to skyrocket, developers continue to buy, and the City is becoming out of reach for many people – newcomers and long-term residents alike. Without affordable options, families are forced to leave Somerville and with that loss, the City becomes less vibrant and diverse.

What Is Affordable Housing?

SCC strives to provide high quality, healthy housing options for people of low- and moderate-incomes. We use traditional bank financing, government subsidies, and grants to sell or rent units for less than it costs to build them. SCC creates housing for families earning anywhere from less than 30% to 110% of the Area Median Income, as well as families and individuals on the priority waitlist who may be facing homelessness.

What we do
100 Homes Program

100 Homes Program

The 100 Homes Program – a partnership with the City of Somerville and the Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation,with significant support from local Community Preservation Act funds – combats speculation and the displacement of local tenants from Somerville’s existing housing stock.
Our Properties

Our Properties

Somerville Community Corporation has developed, owned, and operated more than 330 units of rental housing, more than 20 affordable condominiums, and multiple commercial spaces for local business.
Real Estate Development Advisory Committee

Real Estate Development Advisory Committee

The Real Estate Development Advisory Committee (REDAC) is a SCC member committee that works with our Real Estate Development staff to take a closer look at specific projects and overall affordable housing development strategies.
Learn the story of SCC - watch the mini documentary:

Members of the community in Somerville, MA come together for an illuminated walk to bring attention to gentrification and housing affordability in East Somerville. Produced in collaboration with the Somerville Community Corporation and Mister Francis. Written, directed, and edited by Andrew Eldridge. Produced by Elizabeth Eldridge, Andrew Eldridge.

For tenants of the 100 Homes program, if you are in need of an urgent repair please call 1-617-410-9915. For life-threatening or other emergencies please call 911.

Somerville sits on the original homelands of the Massachusett, Wampanoag, Naumkeag, and Nipmuc tribal nations. We acknowledge the painful history of genocide and forced removal from this territory, and we honor and respect the many diverse Indigenous peoples still connected to this land on which we live and work.

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