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HISTORY 
Berkshire Housing Development Corporation (BHDC) was established in 1971 as a non-profit corporation by a group of community and business leaders who were concerned about the shortage of affordable housing in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. They believed that an adequate supply of housing for all income groups was essential to the economic well being of the County and that a private but public-oriented organization could play an important role by utilizing available government housing programs. The founders sold $255,000 of bonds, an organization was started that has produced more than 2,000 new and rehabilitated housing units in Berkshire County over the last 34 years plus carried out a wide variety of community and economic development projects.
