Housing Headlines

QUINCY --- In what has been a common observation during the development of Quincy Center, Planning Board member Coleman Barry told the team behind the 124-unit Chestnut Place that some of the units should be affordable to working-class residents. In response, developer Peter O'Connell said it would be difficult to include such units given the expense of constructing a 15-story steel-framed luxury apartment building.

BOSTON --- In the latest of a series of meetings between the city and residents to discuss the development direction of Dudley Square, residents have voiced concern that only 13 percent of the 2,000 units in the pipeline are required to be affordable. City Councilor Chuck Turner articulated that concern, stating that with the neighborhood's median income at $33,000, half of the population would not be able to live in the new housing.

LYNN --- The development arm of the Lynn Housing Authority joined other local and state officials recently to celebrate the groundbreaking of Gateway North, a 71-unit mixed-income apartment building on Washington Street near North Shore Community College.

TRURO - A week after a Land Court judge approved the $3 million agreement to end years of legal dispute over building permits issued in 2008 to construct a house at 27 Stephens Way, the Truro Housing Authority wants to use a "substantial" part of the money to buy land for affordable housing.

BROCKTON --- An historic rooming house on the campus of the Brockton Veterans Administration campus has been transformed into 14 units of permanent supportive housing for veterans thanks to funding from the VA's Enhanced Use Lease Initiative and HUD's Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program. The newly renovated Howard House was developed by Peabody Properties, Inc., Windover Construction and Affordable Housing and Services Collaborative, Inc.

BRAINTREE --- Mayor Joseph Sullivan has joined residents in opposing Holland Companies' plan to build 72 apartments and eight condos on a 2.4 acre site near the Archbishop Williams athletic fields, saying the project is too dense.