Sarno Draws Four Winners in Old Hill Housing Lottery

SPRINGFIELD — Mayor Sarno on Thursday announced four families as winners of a lottery for brand-new, below-market homes in the Old Hill neighborhood, part of the city's ongoing infill housing push.

TOWN HALL Mayor Sarno drew four winners in the city's home lottery for newly built houses in the Old Hill Infill neighborhood, near the 01109 ZIP code, according to a release posted to the city's News Flash page Thursday. The homes are part of an ongoing infill development effort aimed at putting new, owner-occupied housing back on the market in that section of the city.

Western Mass News also covered the announcement Thursday under the headline "Springfield families win chance to buy homes below market price," reporting that the four selected families will be able to buy the newly built homes for well below market value (read it at https://www.westernmassnews.com/2026/08/20/springfield-families-win-chance-buy-homes-below-market-price/).

ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS "United Way stuffs bus with school supplies for unhoused students": United Way of Pioneer Valley staff and volunteers loaded a donated Peter Pan bus with backpacks and school supplies for Springfield students without stable housing, per Western Mass News (read it at https://www.westernmassnews.com/2026/08/20/united-way-stuffs-bus-with-school-supplies-unhoused-students/).

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