Housing Headlines

SHREWSBURY --- Thanks in part to a $1 million grant from the state Department of Housing and Community Development, the Shrewsbury Housing Authority will be able to build five units of affordable family housing on land acquired from the town.

NEEDHAM --- The MBTA is hoping to develop an affordable housing complex near the Needham Heights Commuter Rail Station, which would include at least 60 units, increasing ridership and providing income through rents while helping the town reach the state's 10 percent affordable housing requirement.

CONCORD --- Developers have presented the town with a proposal to create 20 homeownership units on land which they recently purchased from the town. Six of the units would be affordable: Two plots would hold duplexes and the other two affordable units would be single-family homes, and all would be affordable to residents earning up to 80 percent of the area median income.

HINGHAM --- Developers will have to wait until next month to find out whether the town's planning board will support a 20 unit 40B effort, which if approved will be located in eight buildings on nine acres of land.

HOLLISTON --- The Zoning Board of Appeals gave their final and unanimous approval to go ahead with the construction of Cutler Heights, an affordable 'firendly 40B' housing effort that will be located behind town hall.

PROVINCETOWN --- With funds from the Community Preservation Act, town officials were able to negotiate a deal to purchase 2.53 acres of land from the Cumberland Farms convenience store company for $1.8 million. Four years later, the parcel is ready to be developed into 30 to 40 affordable housing units, the largest affordable housing effort on the Outer Cape. MHP is assisting the town develop a Request for Proposals for the effort.