Please support our work Donate Now

About
Section Links:
LIFT
Section Links:
- NeighborhoodLift Income Limits
- NeighborhoodLIFT FAQs
Homebuyer Education
Section Links:
NeighborWorks® Southern Mass is an approved Housing Counseling Agency. NeighborWorks® Southern Mass is certified by MassHousing, the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and Citizens for Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA).
Counseling
Section Links:
If you are having trouble making mortgage paymentsand feel like you may be in danger of facing foreclosure, or if you need help with the mortgage modification process – don’t wait another moment to find help. At NeighborWorks® Southern Mass, OUR SERVICES ARE FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL.
Find a Home
Section Links:
- Featured Properties
- Contact Our Brokers
We identify the five steps to finding a home, and give you the tools you need to succeed.
Housing Development
Section Links:
NeighborWorks® Southern Mass creates its real estate development projects as joint ventures with other nonprofits. NeighborWorks® Southern Mass recognizes the demand for special needs, transitional and permanent housing. Working in collaboration with other non-profits has allowed NWSOMA to develop housing for people and families without a home, battered women and their children, and developmentally handicapped and disabled adults. NeighborWorks® Southern Mass provides a variety of different developmental needs and services to the communities of the South Shore.
Housing Rehabilitation Program
Section Links:
- Becoming a Contractor
- How to Apply
Lending
Section Links:
- Down Payment Assistance
- Lead Removal
Our objective: To eliminate substandard living conditions and to do home improvement on single and multi family units. Grant funds must be used to address sanitary code violations, energy conservation goals and incipient violations. Read more about the types of lending available to you.

The Watson

The Watson is NeighborWorks Southern Mass largest project to date. The Watson on East Howard is our new 5 story, multifamily apartment building. The Watson on East Howard features 185,000 gsf including 140 residential units: studio, 1-2 bedroom units, amenity space and a lower level parking garage. Construction began in April 2017.

The new building is named after Thomas A. Watson, assistant to telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell and founder of the engine company that was the predecessor of the Fore River Shipyard.

Builder: Dellbrook JKS
Management: Winn Companies
Architect: CUBE 3 Studios LLC

Our Portfolio

US Veteran Finds A Home

David Ortega is a retired sergeant and Iraq War veteran, Ortega lives with his wife and four children in a four-bedroom, single-family Quincy home that NeighborWorks® Southern Mass and the City of Quincy purchased and renovated for veterans’ housing in 2013. Before they moved in, David and his family were homeless. “As a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, I am truly grateful for being able to provide my family with a safe and comfortable home,” Ortega said. “NeighborWorks® has just been awesome: My kids love the house, they have friends that sleep over and play in the backyard. It’s just been amazing. I could not ask for more.”
Read more >