A property at 78 Thomas St. claimed by the city several years ago for non-payment of taxes was transferred this week to the Community Development Agency. Though currently dilapidated, it will be rehabbed and placed on the market as affordable housing for first-time homebuyers.

The city’s CDA, headed by Executive Director Michael Dion, is responsible for administering Housing and Urban Development Community Planning and Development Programs — known better as HUD — with the primary objective of providing Fall River with affordable housing . 

Homes like the one at 78 Thomas St. near Lafayette Park are made available to increase safe, affordable housing for qualifying first-time homebuyer applicants in partnership with the CDA. 

How does Fall River's First-Time Homebuyer Program work?

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