Housing Partnership Support LetterHousing Partnership • City of Northampton
City Hall, 210 Main Street, Northampton, MA 01060
Disability Commission website
August 1, 2023
Planning Board
Northampton City Hall
210 Main St.
Northampton, MA 01060
I am writing on behalf of the Housing Partnership to let you know of our enthusiastic and
unanimous support for the Crafts Avenue affordable housing project, proposed by Valley CDC,
to be located at 27 Crafts Avenue in Northampton.
As you know the Housing Partnership researches and advocates for ways to make current
housing more affordable and supports the development of new housing units, which are in such
short supply. Laura Baker attended our July meeting and gave a detailed presentation of the
proposed Crafts Ave development, which would add approximately 30 downtown studio
apartment units to Northampton’s supply. These are desperately needed.
Valley CDC is a longtime, very reputable and knowledgeable agency which has the respect of
the city and of community housing advocates, and has proven itself through development of such
projects as the Lumberyard and Sergeant House, and now in development, Prospect Place and
Laurel Street. Altogether these four projects account for over 140 units of affordable and low
income housing.
The Housing Partnership enthusiastically supports Valley CDC and the proposed Crafts Avenue
affordable housing project. We look forward to its progress.
Sincerely,
Carmen Junno
Chair, Housing Partnership
Northampton, MA