May
2
2016
BROCKTON – The Brockton City Council voted narrowly to recommend the passage of the Urban Revitalization Plan, which would expand the city's current Chapter 40R smart growth district to other areas near the downtown train station that the city would like to see redeveloped.
May
2
2016
AMHERST --- As behavior of some homeless people in downtown raises concerns, Town Meeting will soon be asked to vote on a measure that would OK $150,000 in Community Preservation Act funds to be used by a local agency to provide housing and services to five homeless people.
May
2
2016
WORCESTER — The city has landed prospective buyers for two surplus properties, including a vacant May Street apartment building that the city purchased in 2013 after a developer failed to meet his obligation to the city to create 13 units of affordable housing on the property.
May
2
2016
LYNN — The city once had about 50 homeless veterans, but federal officials recognized Lynn earlier this year as the first Massachusetts city to eliminate homelessness among residents who served their country. Three years ago, the Lynn Housing Authority and Neighborhood Development (LHAND) received funding to provide housing case management and other services to low-income veterans. As a result, the agency has helped 157 veterans find homes.
May
2
2016
SHELBURNE — The Planning Board is proposing a new open space and development bylaw giving more development options to landowners with parcels of 6 acres or larger — if the buildings are sited to maximize habitat and open space utilizing land-use planning known as cluster zoning.
May
2
2016
MEDFIELD --- Having bought 134 of the 249 acres at Medfield State Hospital, the Medfield State Hospital Planning Committee is now holding public meetings on what to do with the land, a discussion that's being guided in part by a poll of 3,000 residents that showed that 40 percent favor recreational use , 36 percent favor open space and 32 percent favor housing (that's over 100 percent so some people must've voted twice). Over 25 percent said they were against using the land for affordable housing.