Housing Headlines

BOSTON --- The Boston Globe's Tim Logan takes a look at development proposals currently on track for three Hub train stations - North Station, South Station and Back Bay Station - and what it means for the cash-strapped MBTA and the developers seeking to capitalize on housing and amenities near public transportation. (Boston Globe)

MEDWAY --- The town has applied for and won a $15,000 grant from the Massachusetts Housing Partnership's 40B Technical Assistance Program. The grant will be used by the Zoning Board of Appeals to pay for consulting services to help it review Timber Crest Estates, a proposed 192-unit housing development. (Milford Daily News)

SUDBURY --- Town Meeting will take up an overlay zoning proposal for the Raytheon site on Rte. 20 which will make way for some of the components of the mixed-use housing and commercial proposal put forth by Avalon Bay and National Development. The changes would address National Development's plan to build a grocery store and senior housing while Avalon Bay is applying to the town for a Ch. 40B permit so it can build 250 apartments. (MetroWest Daily News)

WORCESTER --- In a story that should be filed under the heading of unintended consequences, columnist Clive McFarlane writes about the small tire repair businessman who bought a vacant property and wanted to move his business there, only to discover the city had just rezoned it solely for mixed-use neighborhood development even though the land is surrounded by small automotive shops.

BEDFORD --- By just seven votes, 141-134, residents at Bedford Town Meeting rejected a zoning bylaw that would've allowed the town to convert public school buildings not in use into housing.

JAMAICA PLAIN --- Housing-related issues ranging from inclusionary zoning to passing CPA to evictions and gentrification were among the topics discussed at Jamaica Plain's sixth annual community town meeting.