July
9
2015
WASHINGTON --- Preliminary findings of HUD's Family Options Study found that 18 months after being randomly assigned to one of four interventions, families offered a housing voucher experienced significantly better outcomes than those families randomly assigned to any of the three other options.
July
9
2015
PROVINCETOWN --- While town officials say a developer Chris Wise's redesign of a 24-unit 40B proposal is an indication of his willingness to work with the town, residents are saying the opposite and view the redesign as akin to putting a "Victorian shawl atop an elephant."
July
8
2015
FRAMINGHAM --- Town officials are proposing a series of zoning changes that would allow multifamily developments in the downtown and other areas and allow a broader variety of uses in office parks. "Fundamentally we have a suburban zoning model that we're applying to what is essentially an urban area," said Arthur Robert, the town's economic development director. "We have to find ways to change that."
July
8
2015
Falmouth --- The first affordable housing project in town is accepting lottery applications until July 15. The Notantico Woods project contains 11 one- and two-bedroom units with income guidelines based on the median income in Barnstable County. Lottery winner names will be drawn at Falmouth Town Hall on July 24 and residents are expected to move in starting September 1.
July
7
2015
BOSTON --- Nearly half of the 2,461 apartments, condos, and homes permitted in the first half of 2015 fall into either the affordable housing category, for low-income residents, or will be priced as middle-class units, according to a report to be released by the City of Boston on Tuesday, July 7.
July
7
2015
HARVARD --- The state Dept. of Housing and Community Development has OK'd an agreement between the town's affordable housing trust and the developer of Devens Green in which the trust will provide $140,000 in subsidy to ensure that 25 percent of the rental units in the 124-unit clustered development project will be affordable and count toward the town's supply of subsidized housing.