Housing Headlines

MEDWAY --- The town's planning and economic development board has approved two four-unit townhouses on .66 acres at 176-178 Main St., making it the first development to be approved in the town's new multi-family housing overlay district. All of the apartments will be three-bedroom units and one of the apartments will be affordable, as required by the local bylaw.

WORCESTER --- The city's historical commission is supporting an effort to have the YWCA building at Salem Square added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of an effort to qualify for historic tax credits which would provide needed funds to preserve the building and its 40 single rooms for women.

HYANNIS --- One week before being honored for 43 years at the helm of the Housing Assistance Corporation of Cape Cod, Rick Presbrey reflects on his career and his determination to build affordable housing and help the homeless of Cape Cod. "I can think of as many things I didn't get done as things I did get done," he said.

EASTHAM --- With two Ch. 40B comprehensive land use permit requests before them, the town's zoning board of appeals rejected Stratford Capital Group's 50-unit proposal for a former Rt. 6 driving range and approved the 65-unit Campbell-Purcell Brackett Road development proposed by Charlie Adams of Pennrose Properties.

Norwell, Hanover and Scituate are three towns on the South Shore that will be using local funds collected from the Community Preservation Act to help fund affordable housing developments that are slated to bring 85 affordable homes to the region.

BOSTON --- Two Boston transitional homes for addicts and men who are HIV positive are being shut down because the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is eliminating funding for transitional housing, according to the Boston Public Health Commission, which runs the programs.