Boston PFC Unanimously Approves Four Affordable Housing Developers for Dorchester Parcels

BOSTON — July 18, 2026 — Boston approves four affordable housing developers for 13 vacant Dorchester lots under Welcome Home Boston. The Public Facilities Commission, with Commissioner President Larry Momoli presiding and Commissioner Donald Wright also present, voted unanimously four times Friday to grant tentative developer designations to Boston Communities LLC, African Community Economic Development of New England Incorporated, Norfolk Design and Construction LLC, and Dorchester Design Collaborative LLC for parcels on Harvard Street, Erie Street, Glenway Street, Geneva Avenue, McNeil Way, and Norwell Street. Each parcel was priced at $100 under a city land cost subsidy, with total purchase prices ranging from $200 to $400 per project. The four projects will collectively produce 63 income-restricted homeownership units between 80 and 100 percent of area median income, all deed-restricted for at least 30 years. Deputy MOH Director Jessica Boatwright described the initiative as the realization of Mayor Wu's commitment of American Recovery Plan Act funds to homeownership, drawing from a BPDA audit of 150 citywide infill sites. Commissioner Wright called the six months from RFP issuance to tentative designation "supersonic speed" for city development timelines.