October
30
2018
A study that could lead to more multi-family housing outside traditional residential neighborhoods is underway in Falmouth, Eastham and Orleans, funded by a $100,000 grant from the state Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.
October
23
2018
EASTHAM --- After hours of careful discussions with various stakeholders, the Eastham Community Preservation Committee voted to OK a spending plan for CPA funds that calls for 40 percent directed toward community housing and 30 percent to open space, with the remaining un-designated but with a preference for historical preservation or active recreation.
October
23
2018
WEYMOUTH --- Mayor Robert Hedlund said he is meeting with a developer this week who is interested in making a massive investment in the sprawling 1,450 acre Union Point site but said LStar Ventures must first cut ties with its former managing partner, who has been accused in a lawsuit of misspending millions and meddling in the business after he was ousted.
October
22
2018
QUINCY --- Despite issuing building permits for more than 2,500 new housing units since 2015, few if any are will be affordable to low- and moderate-income residents, even though the data shows that 40 percent of the city's residents could qualify for housing subsidies.
October
19
2018
BRAINTREE --- One of the communities that is part of the Metro Mayors Coalition pledge to build 185,000 new housing units is redoing its zoning for the first time since the 1970s. The City of Braintree is using Nathan Kelly of the Horsley Witten Group to preserve the city's "quality of life" while enhancing it, according to Mayor Joseph Sullivan. Changes could include allowing six-story buildings in some districts and changes to districts to eliminate properties that straddle different zoning districts.
October
19
2018
DORCHESTER --- The lockout of National Grid workers is slowing the installation of gas lines and delaying the completion of Hub housing developments into next year. According to reporter Jennifer Smith, one of the projects she looked at is switching to electric rather than wait for gas lines to be put in.