STAR Solar Program
NOTE: The STAR application will be available in December 2024 for 2025 cohort participation. Please email the LISC team with related questions in the meantime.
LISC, MACDC, and Resonant Energy run this path-breaking program designed to remove barriers and dramatically increase the adoption of solar PV for affordable housing developments across the Commonwealth. STAR participants receive staff time support grants and free technical analysis services to analyze the solar potential and financing options for their portfolio.
So far, we are helping more than 13,000 residents by installing 8+ megawatts of solar. Over the next 25 years, this will save participating developers at least $43 million in avoided electricity costs and more than $600,000 in direct resident benefits.
We applaud our STAR partners for their commitment to exploring and expanding solar access:
- 2Life Communities
- Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation
- Beacon Communities
- Bethany Community Services
- Boston Housing Authority (BHA)
- Brookline Community Development Corporation (BCDC)
- B'nai B'rith Housing (BBH)
- Cambridge Housing Authority (CHA)
- Cascap
- Coalition for a Better Acre (CBA)
- Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation
- Commonwealth Land Trust (CLT)
- Community Teamwork
- Construct
- Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation
- Fenway Community Development Corporation
- HallKeen Management
- Harborlight Homes
- Hebrew SeniorLife
- Hilltown Community Development
- Home City Development, Inc. (HCDI)
- Homeowner's Rehab (HRI)
- Housing Assistance Corporation
- Housing Corporation of Arlington (HCA)
- Housing Nantucket
- Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (JPNDC)
- Just A Start (JAS)
- Lawrence CommunityWorks (LCW)
- Main South Community Development Corporation
- Metro West Collaborative Development
- Mission Hill Neighborhood Housing Services (MHNHS)
- Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH)
- NeighborWorks Housing Solutions (NHS)
- NewVue Communities
- North Shore Community Development Coalition
- Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation
- Peabody Properties
- Pennrose
- Planning Office for Urban Affairs (POUA)
- Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH)
- Rural Development, Inc. (RDI)
- South Middlesex Opportunity Council, Inc. (SMOC)
- Supportive Living, Inc.
- The Caleb Group
- The Community Builders (TCB)
- The Neighborhood Developers (TND)
- UHM Properties
- Urban Edge
- Valley Community Development
- Veterans Benefits Clearinghouse Development Corporation (VBCDC)
- Waterfront Historic Area League of New Bedford (WHALE)
- Way Finders
- Wingate
- WinnCompanies
- Worcester Common Ground, Inc. (WCG)
- Worcester Community Housing Resources (WCHR)
In The News
- PV Magazine 2024: Massachusetts Initiative Assists Affordable Housing Adoption of Solar
- Boston Real Estate Times 2023: MA Solar Campaign Launches Third Phase of Affordable Housing Program
- PV Magazine 2023: Assistance for Solar on Low-Income Housing in Massachusetts
- PV Magazine 2022: Program for Low-Income Housing Authority Solar Assistance Finds Success in Pilot, Set to Expand
- PV Magazine 2021: Nonprofits Get Creative to Expand the Benefits of Solar to Low- and Moderate-Income People