Newton, Massachusetts Community Preservation Program  >>  Proposals & Projects

Newton Homebuyer Assistance Program
location:
  citywide (see map  link below)
goals:
  Provide downpayment assistance to low- and moderate-income households for purchasing a home in Newton, in return for restrictions keeping those homes affordable to households at these income levels in perpetuity.
total funding:
 
$1,677,050 CP funds appropriated  (community housing)
contacts:
  Robert Muollo, Housing Planner
Planning & Development Department
City of Newton
1000 Commonwealth Avenue
Newton Centre, MA 02459
email:  rmuollo@newtonma.gov
phone:  617.796.1146

Trisha Kenyon Guditz, Housing Program Manager
Planning & Development Department
City of Newton
1000 Commonwealth Avenue
Newton Centre, MA 02459
email:  tguditz@newtonma.gov
phone:  617.796.1156

proposal review & appropriations:
31 March 2003
  CPC funding recommendation, phase 1
17 May 2004
  Board order, phase 1:  appropriation $500,000

7 November 2005
 
proposal, phase 2
7 November 2005
  presentation, phase 2 (including photos)
3 March 2006
  CPC funding recommendation, phase 2
20 March 2006
  Board order, phase 2:  appropriation $208,250

21 May 2008
 
proposal, phase 3
28 May 2008
  presentation, phase 3 (including photos)
23 June 2008
  CPC funding recommendation, phase 3
6 October 2008
  Board order, phase 3: appropriation $968,800

project news:
June 2008
  map of all cases assisted, 2003-June 2008
August 2011
  program funds used to purchase additional affordability
for a unit previously restricted using non-CPA funding

CONTACT:  
Alice E. Ingerson, Ph.D., Community Preservation Program Manager
Newton Planning & Development Department,
City Hall, 1000 Commonwealth Ave., Newton, MA 02459
phone 617.796.1144, email  aingerson@newtonma.gov, TDD / TTY 617.796.1089