Housing Headlines

SUDBURY - Construction on a small three-unit affordable housing complex on Maynard Road has stalled, now that Enterprise Bank has scheduled a foreclosure auction on the property after the developer presumably stopped making payments on the construction loan.

FALMOUTH --- Members of the Planning Board didn't mince words over their concerns about a 104-unit proposal, saying the building is too big for Main Street. Developers proposed the 40B last year after the town rejected its bid to construct a Marriott hotel.

LYNN --- Using a combination of public funds and financing from East Boston Savings Bank, the Lynn Housing Authority and a private developer celebrated the renovation of two buildings on Sagamore St. into 12 units of mixed-income housing.

BOSTON --- Lincoln Property Co. has asked the city to reduce the number of affordable units in its 304-unit mixed-use development from 40 to 22, instead offering to pay $4 million into the city's housing trust fund. Advocates have criticized the move, saying letting developers opt out of creating affordable housing is pushing longtime residents out of neighborhoods.

BILLERICA --- Alliance Residential Company's unveiling of plans to build 200 units on the Middlesex Turnpike with a 'friendly 40B' was greeted with initial enthusiasm by town officials, who said the project would be "a shot in the arm", "attractive", "beneficial", and a significant improvement for a site that according to one town official "has been vacant since Donald Trump married his first wife."

ARLINGTON --- Despite concerns from residents that the buildings will cast shadows on several homes, the Arlington Redevelopment Board has granted a special permit to the Housing Corporation of Arlington to build 34 affordable apartments at Downing Square in Arlington Heights.