Housing Headlines

NORWELL --- Selectmen have approved an agreement authorizing the nonprofit Metro West Collaborative of Waltham to do pre-development work on whether it's feasible to build up to 18 units of senior housing at the old police station site at 40 River St.

NORWOOD --- The future of Ch. 40B apartment proposals by Avalon Bay and the David-Marcus Partnership hang in the balance as the town awaits the state's decision on whether 1.5 percent of its land is being used for affordable housing, which would give it the power to turn down 40B proposals.

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.

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.

EASTHAM — Selectmen will begin negotiations with a Philadelphia-based company seeking to build 65 units of affordable housing on the so-called Purcell property.

SOMERVILLE --- A recent comparison of existing lots to current zoning shows that only 22 buildings are legal under current rules.