June
17
2016
HUDSON --- With Heritage Properties' 176 one- and two-bedroom apartments near Technology Drive set to open in September, the town of Hudson's supply of affordable housing will be at 10 percent, meaning it will have achieved safe harbor and can be more selective with Ch. 40B housing proposals.
June
17
2016
AMHERST --- For the second time in three years, Town Meeting rejected an inclusionary zoning bylaw. This year, residents voted in favor of it by 100-61 but that was eight votes short of the two-thirds majority needed.
June
17
2016
EASTHAM — Selectmen will begin negotiations with a Philadelphia-based company seeking to build 65 units of affordable housing on the so-called Purcell property.
June
16
2016
SOMERVILLE --- A recent comparison of existing lots to current zoning shows that only 22 buildings are legal under current rules.
June
15
2016
JAMAICA PLAIN --- Mayor Martin Walsh's regular routine of neighborhood coffee hours was described as having a distinct 'Jamaica Plain flavor' as about 20 activists surrounded him after his opening remarks to demand that the Boston Redevelopment Authority require more affordable housing in proposals before the city.
June
11
2016
GREENFIELD --- Fifteen members of the new 17-member Rural Policy Commission turned out for a two-hour session on Friday, June 10. The panel set up four work groups to chart state policy on economic development, housing, infrastructure and services as well as key human-dimension issues like workforce, declining population and schools in communities with fewer than 500 residents per square mile.