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Newton: Agrees to create housing for homeless
NEWTON --- Residents and advocates who supported a failed attempt to turn a former firehouse into housing have - in conjunction with the Disability Law Center and the Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston - reached an agreement with Newton Mayor Setti Warren on a plan to create permanent supportive housing for the homeless. The agreement, approved by HUD, resolves allegations that the city violated discrimination laws when it failed to support the development of housing for formerly homeless persons at a former firehouse in the city's Waban section. The agreement requires the city to create 9 to 12 units of supportive housing in the next five years.