Housing Headlines

ARLINGTON --- The town's redevelopment board has voted to let the Housing Corporation of Arlington renovate the historic Kimball Farmer House into three units of affordable rental housing.

AMHERST --- At the Nov. 5 town meeting, a measure that would require developers seeking special permits of nine or more units to make some units affordable fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass the measure. The tally was 111-79 in favor, 16 votes short.

AMHERST --- At the Nov. 5 town meeting, a measure that would require developers seeking special permits of nine or more units to make some units affordable fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass the measure. The tally was 111-79 in favor, 16 votes short.

WALTHAM --- A city committee has voted to pay money into the city's affordable housing trust fund rather than make two of the 24 condos planned for the Banks School affordable. The Ordinance and Rules Committee also voted to pay back $1.4 million which was borrowed from the trust to help pay for the first stage of renovations at the school.

MATTAPAN ---- Four proposals have been submitted to the city of Boston by development teams eager to build a mix of housing and retail on the site of a long-empty Mattapan car dealership, which is located close to a planned new station for the new Fairmount Commuter Rail Line.

AMHERST --- State and local leaders gathered with residents recently to announce that the sale of the 204-unit Rolling Green apartment complex will not result in a loss of affordable units as a mix of state and local funding will combine to keep the 41 affordable units affordable in perpetuity.