Housing Headlines

MARLBOROUGH - The City Council on Monday night approved sending a comment to the Zoning Board of Appeals opposing a 40B development proposal the board is considering. The Gutierrez Company is seeking waivers from the ZBA to build a 243-unit affordable housing project on Ames Street, off Rte. 20 on the west side of the city.

PROVINCETOWN --- Tenants have begun to move into the new Province Landing apartment community on Shank Painter Road. Developed by The Community Builders, Province Landing features 50 units of affordable rental housing.

MEDWAY --- At a meeting with the planning board in July, the co-chairs of the Affordable Housing Committee offered ideas for increasing affordable housing in town. Bob Ferrari and Alison Slack the board the town's senior population is shrinking, single-person households are on the rise and that the town should amend its bylaws to allow for the subdivision of lots and conversion of single-family homes to multiple units by special permit.

ANDOVER --- Local conservation commission members are not happy with a recent state Department of Environmental Protection that overturns their decision to deny a developer's proposal to build a 32-unit condo project called Taylor Cove.

BEVERLY --- The Beverly Housing Authority recently received the final permitting required to construct two townhouses for low-income tenants on a parcel of land next to the Montserrat Station. The development will add four units of affordable housing and repair a single-family affordable home already on the site. Construction is scheduled to begin in the fall.

EASTON --- A commercial developer recently approached the town with a proposal for 41 units of rental housing on Washington Street. The plan calls for 10 one-bedroom apartments and 25 two-bedroom apartments with nine apartments designated as affordable. The complex will include an onsite gymnasium for tenants, green space, a dog walking path, a bicycle rack and garages that would rent for $100 a month. Selectmen will continue to discuss the proposal in the coming months.