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MILLBURY HOUSING AUTHORITY<br />

The Millbury Housing Authority hereby presents the annual report for the fiscal year ending<br />

September 30, 2012.<br />

CHAPTER 200-1<br />

The Chapter 200-1 Program consists of twenty-five Cape Cod houses located on Memorial<br />

Drive. These houses were originally built to house veterans after World War II. While veterans<br />

are given a preference under this program, the units also provide safe, decent, sanitary housing at<br />

affordable rents for families of low income regardless of veteran status. The units continue to be<br />

completely occupied.<br />

The Housing Authority pays a designated fee “in lieu of taxes” on these properties and pays the<br />

ongoing rate designated for sewer usage.<br />

CHAPTER 705<br />

The Housing Authority currently houses eleven low-income families under this program. Five<br />

families are housed in the scattered site properties owned by the Housing Authority and six<br />

families live in a three duplex site located on Burbank Street.<br />

The Housing Authority pays sewerage use and real estate taxes on all of its 705 properties.<br />

MRVP PROGRAM<br />

At the end of September 2012 there were three individuals or families participating in the<br />

Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program. Participants in this program are entitled to a fixed<br />

voucher payment, made directly to their landlord. The voucher payment is based on the<br />

household size, income, composition and the geographical location of the rental unit. These<br />

vouchers continue to be mobile allowing participants to use the vouchers anywhere in the state.<br />

CHAPTER 667-C<br />

This program is made up of one hundred forty-six units of low income housing for the elderly<br />

and handicapped. Thirty-two of the units are located on Pearl Street, sixty units are located on<br />

Colonial Drive and another fifty- four units are located at 95 Elm Street. All units continue to be<br />

fully occupied.<br />

CHAPTER 667-4<br />

The Chapter 667-4, Congregate Housing Program, located on Colonial Drive, consists of five<br />

apartments with a total of twenty-three bedrooms. This program is designed to provide<br />

affordable housing together with supportive social and health services to help individuals<br />

maintain independent living and prevent early and unnecessary rest home or nursing home<br />

placement. It provides companionship yet offers privacy to its participants. At the end of<br />

September 2012 there were twenty-one residents living in the Congregate facility.<br />

A separate application must be filed for this program. Applicants must first meet the same<br />

financial and age requirements as our conventional housing programs to be eligible. For an

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