Housing Headlines

ANDOVER --- The preservation of 55 units of affordable housing is at risk, after the apartments, which are part of a larger 220-unit development, have been put on the market. If sold, the loss of these affordable units will place Andover below the 10 percent affordable housing threshold, making it subject to 40B development proposals.

LITTLETON --- Though they agree upon the need for more affordable housing, the housing authority and a citizens committee have submitted petitions that reveal two different visions for its implementation.

LINCOLN --- The town has approved a rezoning proposal in preparation for plans to build a 197-unit senior living community.

AYER --- After having rejected the initiative to incorporate Devens as a town, voters narrowly passed the proposal in a non-binding referendum taken at the polls on Tuesday. Supporters hope these results will sway legislators to revisit the issue.

LITTLETON --- The Housing Authority has requested that selectmen support a proposal to build 30 to 40 affordable housing units on town-owned land, with 75 percent of the units designated for senior housing. The final decision will be made at an upcoming town meeting.

HOPEDALE --- Selectmen were unimpressed by a developer's smart growth presentation for the rehab of a 1-million square-foot mill, worried that density would be too high.