Easthampton Meadow

Easthampton, MA

I have thoroughly enjoyed working with the PCA team! Their expertise and vision have made a complex, multigenerational community like Treehouse come alive & and will enhance the lives of each and every resident.

– Judy Cockerton, Founder, Treehouse Foundation

Client

Beacon Communities
The Treehouse Foundation

Program

Intergenerational community including 12 attached homes for foster/adoptive families, 48 attached senior housing units, and 48 market-rate homes – located on a 46-acre site.

Testimonials

Extract – ULI Kemp Award – Treehouse Testimonials , 2010-2015

Challenge

Create an intergenerational neighborhood where foster-adoptive families and senior citizens live and care for one another.

Solution

Model multi-unit buildings on the “expanding farmhouse” prevalent in the New England landscape; create a high-density neighborhood with building configurations that address the differing concerns of seniors and families within an adoption community – a program not found in traditional subdivisions.

Awards

Tax Credit Excellence Awards, 2007 
Winner, Special Needs Housing Category 
Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition

Publications

Boston Globe
December 21, 2015
“In Easthampton village, everyone helps the children ”

Multi Housing News
March 2015
“Providing Housing for Those Most Vulnerable”

Real Estate Rama
March 2015
“Innovative, multigenerational housing for seniors and families adopting children from foster care in Easthampton completed
and occupied”

New York Times
August 2007
“Creating a Village to Foster a Child”

Affordable Housing Finance
August 2006
“Intergenerational Housing Provides Stability”

Architecture
November 2004
“On the Boards”