Affordable communities

The percent of housing subsidized for affordability in all Central Massachusetts communities, as of 2017. Any community with less than 10 percent can have a developer bypass zoning restrictions to put in 40B housing.

Gardner        15.0

Hopkinton        14.2

Southborough        13.7

Worcester        13.4

Westborough        13.3

Boxborough        13.0

Littleton        12.9

Franklin        11.9

Northborough        11.5

Marlborough        11.4

Sudbury        11.3

Hudson        11.2

Framingham        10.5

Natick        10.4

Webster        9.3

Berlin        9.2

Ayer, Bellingham, Fitchburg        8.7

Clinton, Maynard        8.6

Leominster, West Boylston        8.2

Winchendon        8.1

Templeton        7.9

Northbridge, Stow        7.4

Oxford        7.3

North Brookfield        7.1

Acton        6.7

Southbridge        6.6

Upton        6.3

Ashland, Medway, Milford,
Shrewsbury        6.2

Holden        6.1

Athol        6.0

Harvard        5.7

Sturbridge        5.6

Groton, Lancaster        5.5

Hopedale, Spencer        5.2

Grafton, Wayland        5.1

Uxbridge        5.0

Lunenburg, Townsend        4.8

Holliston, Warren        4.6

Douglas        4.4

West Brookfield        4.3

Leicester        4.2

Millbury        4.0

Paxton        3.9

Barre        3.8

Auburn, Millis         3.7

Bolton        3.6

Blackstone        3.4

Westminster        3.1

Hubbardston, Pepperell, Rutland        3.0

Dudley, Shirley        2.4

Sherborn, Sterling        2.3

Millville        2.2

Mendon        1.9

Charlton        1.7

Boylston, Sutton        1.5

Ashburnham, Brookfield        1.3

Phillipston, Princeton         1.2

Hardwick        0.7

Royalston        0.6

Ashby, East Brookfield, New Braintree

Oakham, Petersham        0.0

Source: Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (2017)