The Housing Authority was created by unanimous vote at Great Barrington’s town meeting in May 1963. The Authority now oversees Flag Rock Village off Park Street/Route 183, Housatonic, with 18 family apartments and 32 senior units; Brookside Manor on South Main Street, Great Barrington, with 31 senior units; Dewey Court in Sheffield, with 22 senior/handicap one-bedroom units and 8 family units; and one state Department of Developmental Services house.