Housing Headlines

BOSTON --- With Avalon Bay proposing 250 units for the St. Gabriel's school site, a single quarter-mile stretch of Brighton's Washington Street now has three proposed residential projects that could bring the area more than 1,000 units if all are built.

ROXBURY --- Cruz Development has filed notice of plans to build a two-building complex of 95 apartments and office space at 280 Warren St. near Dudley Square.

DORCHESTER --- After surveying the city to identify 250 city-owned vacant lots, the City of Boston is about to kick off its Neighborhood Homes Initiative, which is aimed at turning these lots into new homes for middle-class homebuyers slated for households making between 80 and 100 percent of area median income.

SPRINGFIELD – An advisory committee will recommend the City Council place a question on the November ballot asking residents if they are willing to adopt the Community Preservation Act, which would increase their property taxes by 1.5 percent to raise money to preserve open space and historic buildings, enhance recreation and improve community housing.

BOXBOROUGH --- Based on a steady stream of requests from lower-income residents needing help with rent, the town's housing board and well-being committee has launched a one-year rental assistance pilot program which will use $26,000 in CPA funds to provide rental assistance to six households for one year.

TRURO --- With the town's approval and financial support, Habitat for Humanity is moving forward with its plans to build six affordable homes on two separate Rt. 6 lots even as it works to redesign one of the properties after an abutter filed a legal challenge over concerns about drainage.