Housing Headlines

BOSTON --- In her special report on homeless students in Boston's public schools, reporter Kathleen McKiernan details the homeless journey of two teenagers who slept on a kitchen floor and in a waiting room at a local hospital before landing in a state-funded motel room in Brighton.

BOSTON --- The second in a series of public meetings was held recently to get resident input about Nuestra Comunidad and Preservation of Affordable Housing Inc.'s plans to build a five-story, 135-unit, mixed-use building in Mattapan Square. The project, which will also include 10,000 square feet of commercial space at ground level, is the largest project proposed in this area in decades.

BOSTON --- According to a Boston Herald special report, nearly 4,000 students in the Boston public schools are considered homeless, a crisis that school officials and advocates fear will get worse as the city's housing prices continue to rise.

LEOMINSTER -- Despite the building's shuttered windows and boarded-up doors, the project to convert the former Carter Junior High School into approximately 40 affordable apartments remains on track, according to NewVue Communities Executive Director Marc Dohan.

WINCHESTER --- Plans by Krebs Investor Group to apply to the town for a Ch. 40B comprehensive permit so it can build 296 units in the Forest Ridge neighborhood near the Stoneham line has already drawn strong words of protest from both towns. In a recent news story, town officials or residents said they are "under attack," that the project is "unconscionable," and that 40B is "killing small suburban towns."

BOSTON --- The state's annual award of federal tax credits and other state and federal funds for affordable housing was made on Aug. 15, with Gov. Charlie Baker announcing the creation or preservation of over 1,400 units in 26 projects across Massachusetts.