Housing Headlines

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.

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.