Housing Headlines

MARTHA'S VINEYARD --- With the economy improving, the number of year-round residents who are scrambling to find full-time housing or temporary housing for the summer is growing, with one family illustrating the plight by filming a documentary about their search for housing.

NORWELL - The future of the police station property on River Street is still undecided after town meeting Monday night narrowly rejected a plan to transfer the property for an affordable housing development. The 106-95 vote against the transfer allows the town's American Legion Post to continue to make its bid on the site.

BROOKLINE --- A new development team is seeking approval to begin construction on an approved but never built development in the Coolidge Corner area. The new proposal calls for a six-story building with 65 units down from 68 units approved in the first project. The new project will also shift from two- and three-bedroom units to mostly one-bedroom units.

WAYLAND --- In exchange for rescinding votes of 1975 and 1977 that conveyed the 7.2 acre Dudley Woods site for affordable housing, Town Meeting voted for a compromise that designates the land for passive recreation while creating an affordable housing trust fund.

SOUTHBOROUGH --- The developer of a proposed 180-unit condo complex near Routes 9 and 495 said he will appeal the ZBA's denial of his Ch. 40B permit request, saying that the town's claim that it is eligible for a one-year reprieve from such applications was made one day after he filed for his comprehensive permit.

NORTHAMPTON --- MassDevelopment, the state agency responsible for the redevelopment of the former state hospital here, is closing in on a deal that would result in 73 zero-net energy homes for the property.