Housing Headlines

HYANNIS --- Small business owners on the Cape told a Senate task force that they need more support, not more regulation, and raised concern over a variety of issues, including a lack of affordable housing which is hampering their ability to find and retain workers who are needed to replace those retiring from the work force.

FALMOUTH --- Reading-based Aspen Group's bid to build 28 mixed-income homes is being met with concern from local residents who feel the number of homes is too many for the 4.9 acre site off Worcester Court and Alma Road. Developers estimate that of the total, 21 will be market rate, selling for about $580,000, with seven considered affordable, at about $218,000.

WORCESTER --- Reporter Cyrus Moulton takes a deep dive into Worcester's downtown building boom, exploring the market appetite for downtown market rate housing and what impact the 1,000 new or rehabbed downtown units could have on surrounding neighborhoods characterized by older two- and three-family properties.

FRAMINGHAM --- After years of groundwork to spur new development, Framingham is once again in the middle of a residential building boom, especially downtown, where 470 luxury units are being planned and a longtime property owner talking about two projects that would add 171 more units of housing.

FALMOUTH --- A developer's bid to get a Ch. 40B comprehensive land permit to build 28 mixed-income homes on 4.9 acres continues to draw criticism from residents and Zoning Board of Appeals members, with the chair asking the developers of Little Pond Village off Alma Road to reduce the size of the project.

WELLESLEY --- Residents continue to voice concerns over the size a proposal that would turn a 1.5 acre Delanson Circle site near the Wellesley MBTA station into 90 apartments, 18 of which would be affordable. (Note: MHP provided developer Victor Sheen with a Project Eligibility Letter, which a developer needs to apply to the town for a Ch. 40B comprehensive land-use permit).