Housing Headlines

PEPPERELL ---- Land at the end of Birch Drive that 1965 town maps show as being a potential site for housing is being eyeballed by a Nashua developer as a Ch. 40B 20-home development, much to the concern of residents in and around this four-home cul-de-sac.

WEYMOUTH --- Concerned that zoning allowances made decades ago are slowly changing the character of Weymouth's neighborhoods, Mayor Robert Hedlund is backing a zoning proposal that would require developers to get a variance if they want to construct homes on lots less than 25,000 square feet.

BARNSTABLE --- Resentful of the label that people of low-income are takers who "never actually want to do better," Amy Gregoirie is hoping to build a better future for family by working three part-time jobs, earning a college degree, getting off Section 8 and participating in a five-year Family Self-Sufficiency Program so her family can become financially independent.

MILTON --- The town has agreed to sell a piece of land next to the former Hendries Ice Cream Plant to Connelly Construction, clearing the way for the developer to build a four-story, 36-unit condominium development with 3,800 square feet of retail space and parking for 88 cars.

BOSTON --- Amid concerns about nearby Allandale Woods and that all zoning rules appear made to be broken, a key Boston board has OK'd WonderGroup's plans to build 18 "net zero" energy consumption luxury town houses on a two-acre site near Faulkner Hospital that was zoned for single-family use.

SPRINGFIELD — The owners of residential housing located in a building shared with the YMCA of Greater Springfield on Chestnut Street have applied for state funds for a $12 million project to renovate and expand the size of 104 single-room-occupancy apartments on the upper floors.