July
17
2013
NEWTON --- Boston Globe columnist Adrian Walker takes a hard look at Mayor Setti Warren's recent decision to ask for more information and meetings regarding the proposal to turn a small Newton firestation into nine studio apartments for middle-aged people who have been homeless.
July
17
2013
SUDBURY --- A local non-profit developer has begun construction on a 64-unit affordable housing complex for persons over the age of 55. The complex, called the Coolidge at Sudbury, will be made up of one- and two-bedroom units and will also include a meeting room, library and fitness center. The Coolidge will be ready for occupancy in mid 2014.
July
16
2013
NORWOOD --- At a workshop to discuss formulating a housing plan for the town, participants seemed more interested in promoting affordable and senior housing through the state's incentive-based 40R program while the town's housing authority director suggested that two of its sites could easily be expanded to include more housing.
July
15
2013
LEXINGTON --- Selectmen have given their support to a propoal by the town's Lexington Housing Assistance Board to rehab one home and build a second home on the property that will add up to four two-bedroom affordable homes, one of which will be handicapped accessible. Residents in the Fairview Ave. neighborhood where the project is proposed have questioned the proposal's size and density but one selectmen noted that the new building is smaller than some of the mini-mansions that have gone up in the neighborhood recently.
July
15
2013
CHELMSFORD --- The public has 30 days to offer comments on a proposed 120-unit affordable-housing proposal for 276 Mill Road, near Billerica Road. A non-profit affiliate of the Chelmsford Housing Authority is proposing to build the new rental development with a Ch. 40B comprehensive permit.
July
15
2013
FALMOUTH --- Cape Cod's annual Provincetown to Falmouth fundraising walk for the homeless, which has raised over $4 million in its 21-year history, will be dedicated to its founder, Bob Murray, who is currently hospitalized. The walk this year began July 15 and ends on July 21.