Housing Headlines

TRURO --- Faced with the lowest percentage of affordable housing on the Cape, Truro housing advocates are trying to obtain control of 7.3 acres of state-owned land for affordable housing. The land is owned by the state Dept. of Transportation.

LEOMINSTER --- The nonprofit Twin Cities CDC of Fitchburg has proposed to turn the former Carter Junior High into 40 units of affordable housing, and it will be holding community meetings to explain to residents how this will impact the neighborhood and help the city.

MEDFIELD --- While affordable housing is becoming an acknowledged need throughout Greater Boston, it did not score well in a survey of town residents about what to do with the 134-acre Medfield State Hospital, now owned by the town. According to the Medfield Press, a survey found that sports fields and park space were preferred and 75 percent responded negatively to housing as an outcome.

BEDFORD --- Construction is proceeding on 70 units of permanent supportive housing for veterans age 55 and older on the grounds of the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital.

EASTHAM --- Community development advocate Jay Coburn argues that local developer Rick Hayden's plan to turn a former Eastham Rt. 6 driving range into 130 apartments is a good one, given the region's desperate need for affordable year-round housing.

BOSTON --- In an editorial, the Boston Globe criticizes a federal housing finance agency for selling at auction five multifamily residential buildings in Dorchester to the highest bidder rather than entertain other offers that would've kept the housing affordable.