Housing Headlines

WEYMOUTH --- The authority overseeing the redevelopment of the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station has hired Cape Cod Commission Executive Director Paul Niedzwiecki as its new director at a salary that is more than any public administrator makes in Weymouth, Rockland or Abington, the three towns that the base land covers.

PROVINCETOWN --- An 11-year Provincetown resident who has often held several jobs but struggles to find permanent housing has bought a $16,000, 200-square-foot tiny home which she hopes will provide impetus for the town to reverse its objections and figure out a way to allow them in the community.

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.