Housing Headlines

CHATHAM --- The Highlander Motel on Main Street may be torn down and redeveloped into 24 two-bedroom condominiums under the state's 40B comprehensive permit law. Six of the units would be affordable and sold at $135,000 each.

CHARLTON --- HAP Inc. of Springfield has received $3.4 million in state funding to rehabilitate and preserve the Cady Brook 40-unit affordable housing complex.

WELLESLEY --- The developer of a Route 9 condominium complex developed for households 55 and over has asked the town to ease the age restriction so he can sell the remaining units.

DUXBURY --- All signs indicate that the Duxbury Zoning Board of Appeals will soon approve a 20-unit 40B. Known as Duxbury Farms, the project was originally proposed as a condominium development, but was changed to individual units on single-family lots after feedback from abutters.

BOSTON --- As Harvard University and the Boston Redevelopment Authority complete plans for a $1 billion science complex in North Allston, the gap between the school's and the residents' visions for the neighborhood has become clearer. Community concerns include fears that funds such as payments in lieu of taxes and a payment for affordable housing will go to the city as a whole, and that items such as public transportation and pedestrian access will mostly benefit Harvard rather than improving life for residents.

WELLESLEY --- The manager of a 40B condominium complex developed for people age 55 and over on Route 9 wants to ease the age restriction to widen the field of potential buyers. To date, only four of 21 market rate units have been sold.