After almost a year of construction, we couldn’t be more excited to announce that a lottery process for the 70 rental unit Millrace District in the heart of downtown Woonsocket has opened this fall! If you’re in the market for a new, affordable housing opportunity, one of these beautiful, riverfront apartments–complete with new construction and historic mill charm–could be exactly what you’re looking for.
Located in the Island Place Historic District, at 15 Island Place and 68 South Main Street, the Millrace lottery is open to individuals and families making between 30 and 100 percent of the HUD area median income. The community consists of six studios, 57 one bedroom, and seven two bedroom apartments. Rent will range between $1,050 and $1,600, with each unit featuring free, high speed internet wired by OSHEAN, a non-profit coalition of non-profit organizations dedicated to providing innovative Internet-based technology solutions.
The Millrace District offers residents a fantastic mixed-income and mixed-use environment to live that is located on a beautiful bend in the Blackstone River at the beginning of a revitalized Main St. All of us here at NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley are excited to help build back a thriving residential and business community in this scenic, historical area.”
NWBRV Deputy Director,Christian Caldarone
Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity. With an impending application deadline of this November 15, interested applicants can look forward to December 6, 2024, where the winners will be drawn. Eligible applications received after the deadline are entered into our Post-Lottery Waitlist; which is processed on a first-come, first-served basis only after the lottery is completed and the Lottery Waitlist is exhausted. Please see below for specific directions on how to join the lottery wait-list.
- Lottery Application Period
- Eligible applicants can submit applications to Maloney Properties. If an applicant has a disability or limited English proficiency, and as a result require any assistance during the application process, please contact them.Please visit
Download the Lottery Application PDF to download your application. - Maloney staff review each application and notify applicants of their application status.
This is a pre-qualification process and does not guarantee an apartment or eligibility for any program. Applications will be fully processed in the order they are drawn after the lottery is conducted. - Eligible applications are assigned an Application Registration Number, and applicants are notified.
- Eligible applicants can submit applications to Maloney Properties. If an applicant has a disability or limited English proficiency, and as a result require any assistance during the application process, please contact them.Please visit
- Lottery Drawing
- Maloney conducts the lottery drawing utilizing a cloud-based randomizer to draw each Application Registration Number. To protect each applicant’s privacy, only the Application Registration Number is entered into the lottery drawing (no personal information is entered or shared).
- The randomizer performs a drawing of the Application Registration Numbers and assigns each a Placement Number. This placement is the order in which lottery applications will be processed to confirm eligibility for the available income-restricted units.
- Maloney contacts each lottery participant with their Placement Number, categorized by program type, unit size, and preference.
- Post-Lottery Application Processing
- Maloney staff will contact applicants for an interview only as they approach the top of the list for an available apartment that has an anticipated move-in date within 60 days. This is the step when applications are fully processed and eligibility is confirmed.
To request an application please contact Maloney Properties at (617) 209-5406 or MillraceDistrictApts@MaloneyProperties.com.
Completed application must be received either by e-mail to MillraceDistrictApts@MaloneyProperties.com or by mail to The Millrace District, c/o Maloney Properties, 719 Front Street, Woonsocket, RI 02895.
With over $34 million in development expenses, NWBRV is grateful to the 16 permanent financing sources that came together to make this project possible, including: Community Housing Capital, National Equity Fund through Federal Housing & Historic Tax Credits, Citizens Bank of Rhode Island with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, RIHousing, the RI Department of Housing, RI Housing Resource Commission, and community project funding from Senator Reed.
