February
14
2019
WORCESTER --- Reporter Cyrus Moulton looks into sober houses in Worcester and Fitchburg which are part of a case in state Superior and federal court challenging whether lodging house permit requirements discriminate against or protect the disabled.
February
14
2019
HANOVER --- The owners of the Hanover Mall are another step closer to bringing 297 apartments to Hanover to the back of the property where the cinema now sits, as the zoning board of appeals has OK'd a height variance that will allow buildings to go above the 35-foot, three-story limit to 53 feet or four stories. A meeting with the planning board is the next step.
February
14
2019
ACTON --- Selectmen have voted to back a proposal by the Acton Housing Authority to build 31 affordable apartments for seniors and the disabled at a parcel of land on Main St. that the town acquired in 2016. The proposal still must be OK'd at town meeting.
February
13
2019
BROCKTON --- In the basement of the Brockton library, a mix of residents, real estate professionals and local leaders held a discussion called "Is Gentrification Occurring in Brockton." The discussion centered on recent data showing that the median price of a single-family has nearly doubled since 2012, 25 percent of the whites have moved out since 2010 while the black and Latino populations have increased by 9 and 24 percent respectively.
February
13
2019
BEVERLY --- Harborlight Community Partners cleared the first procedural hurdle in getting local funds for the first phase of its Anchor Point housing development as the city's Community Preservation Committee has recommended spending $250,000 in CPA funds to support the construction of 38 two- and three-bedroom apartments. The spending must still get the OK of the city council.
February
13
2019
WORCESTER --- In advance of the release of the first phase of a city-wide housing study, leaders from the city, business and non-profit sectors discuss Worcester's housing situation and what's the right balance of affordable and market-rate housing given that the city's population has grown by approximately 14,000 since the year 2000.