Housing Headlines

WESTPORT --- The Westport Board of Selectmen has voted to allow the developers of the proposed Noquochoke Village affordable housing development more time to seek state funding and will also allow the developer to make more of the units affordable.

SHREWSBURY --- After announcing this past summer it was seeking "friendly" 40B proposals from developers, selectmen have voted to move forward in negotiations with a developer's plan to build 150 over-55 housing units and a commercial development, as well as a one-time mitigation payment to the town of $450,000.

BOSTON --- A former bread factory site in Uphams Corner that was once targeted to become an municipal storage yard is now being sought by three developers who propose to turn the property into a mixed-use site and capitalize on its location near the new Fairmount commuter line.

NORTHAMPTON --- The planning board is expected to hear about HAPHousing's plans to buy and demolish Northampton Lodging and replace it with a five-story apartment building with 48 affordable and 24 market-rate apartments. The existing building is a longtime single-room lodging house with 58 units.

WAYLAND --- Developers of the luxury Covered Bridge housing development have withdrawn a request to build the required affordable units off site after residents near the off-site Cochituate location objected, noting that 85 percent of the town's affordable housing is located in that part of town.

STONEHAM --- On Dec. 11, the state Housing Appeals Committee is expected to hold a hearing on its earlier decision to reject the town's claim that a 264-unit Ch. 40B proposal should be denied because the project is not consistent with local needs and because the town has already met its criteria for affordable housing.