Housing Headlines

DOVER --- Town leaders have formed a housing committee to research and plan how they will develop the affordable units necessary to fulfill 40B requirements.

WILMINGTON --- Selectmen have approved a 16-unit 'friendly' 40B. The four affordable units added by this effort place the town at the state's required 10 percent affordable housing goal.

EASTHAMPTON --- Citizens have submitted a petition to put a freeze on over-55 housing proposals while it reviews its housing master plan. The town had previously passed a bylaw in hopes of encouraging elderly affordable housing proposals, but faulty wording has allowed developers to build without inclusion of an affordable component.

FOXBOROUGH --- After downsizing his initial plans, a developer hopes to receive state approval for a 40B effort to build 52 single-family homes on 25 acres of land.

BOSTON --- To diminish the current exodus of young professionals from Massachusetts, the state needs to support the construction of starter homes on small lots close to transit lines.

BOSTON --- Governor Patrick needs to consider raising taxes, opines economist Ed Moscovitch. In this Herald op-ed piece, he also advises that Patrick lower zoning regulations to stimulate housing and economic growth, and then use the extra revenue to provide local schools with additional aid.