July
7
2016
PLYMOUTH --- Despite much back-and-forth shouting about neighborhood impacts, the planning board voted 4-1 to approve Gus Diodato's plan to build eight affordable housing units in four duplexes on a five-acre site at the end of the Braley Road cul-de-sac.
July
7
2016
SWAMPSCOTT --- Hoping to address its housing needs and gain more control over housing proposals, the town has approved a housing production plan that calls for more affordable and senior housing and suggests that the town pursue adoption of the Community Preservation Act as a local revenue source to move housing developments forward.
July
7
2016
NEWBURY --- Residents packed a meeting room recently to protest a developer's plans to seek a Ch. 40B permit to build 24 for-sale homes - six affordable - on a 15.5 acre site at the end of Pearson Drive. The six affordable homes would list for between $180,000 to $224,000, with market-rate homes selling for $450,000 to $475,000.
July
6
2016
LOWELL --- Residents at the 230-unit Perkins Park apartment complex have been told they have to move out within a year following the $61.5 million sale of the rehabilitated mill complex to UMass Lowell, which will convert the apartments into student dorms.
July
6
2016
BROCKTON --- Following a rash of fires, fights and overdoses, city officials recently moved in and bulldozed Brockton's Tent City, a long-running camp for the homeless on land owned by the CSX rail company. City officials estimated that 75 to 80 people were living in 16 camp sites at the time of the demolition.
July
6
2016
HAMILTON --- The town's zoning board of appeals has granted a Ch. 40B permit to Habitat for Humanity, allowing it to build two affordable for-sale homes on a single-family lot. Previously, the town's affordable housing trust provided $250,000 to help Habitat purchase the property.