Housing Headlines

WORCESTER --- November home sales in Worcester County were strong as 762 single-family homes were sold, the second highest number in the state next to Middlesex County.

CAMBRIDGE --- After a contentious 3.5 hour hearing that included passionate testimony pro and con - the Cambridge Board of Zoning Appeal (that's what they call it) OK'd developer Jason Korb's Frost Terrace plan, which will turn a historic home and the land behind it into 40 affordable apartments. Testimony included resident Dan Eisner offering a haiku in favor of the project: “Ideal location, near public transportation, it makes perfect sense.”

NEW BEDFORD --- Twenty-six families are facing eviction from New Bedford public housing if they continue to shelter people from Hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico beyond the 90-day time limit the housing authority has set, which is an extension from its traditional 21 days per year limit on guests.

LYNN - After two years of negotiations, General Electric has sold three west Lynn lots to the development entity of the Lynn Housing Authority, which hopes to turn the land into up to 16 homes.

Inside look at Chrystal Kornegay journey from growing up poor in New York City to a Boston non-profit to a key role in the Baker Administration to being named the first woman and person of color to lead MassHousing, the state's billion dollar housing agency.

DORCHESTER --- Want to get a sense of the developments percolating in Dorchester? Check out Jennifer Smith's review of the Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association's calendar, which lists developments it will be watching and reporting on to its embers in 2018.