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September

1

2015

Worcester Telegram
Auburn: HA searches for answers in wake of child's death

WORCESTER --- Teary eyed and once having to leave the room, Auburn Housing Authority board chairman Wayne Page said the housing authority did not know that the police had been called 60 times to the housing authority home where a 2-year-old foster child died on Aug. 15. Page said from now on, the housing authority will work to have a better handle on how many children live in their homes and to make sure they are safe.

August

31

2015

The Eagle Tribune
Lawrence: Population growth pressures housing, study says

LAWRENCE --- A housing study commissioned by Mayor Daniel Rivera and co-funded by MHP predicts that in the next two decades, the city will grow by 410 households per year while adding only 310 units annually. The $46,000 study, done by Rivera so he could get a handle on the city's housing situation, said the shortfall will put additional pressure on the city,, which is plagued by a low vacancy rate (3.9 percent), rising rents and a housing stock in which half of the 27,000 units were built before World War II.

August

28

2015

Boston Globe
Arlington: Wetland impact key to 219-unit 40B debate

ARLINGTON --- Impact on wetlands is a primary concern of residents and the town in its oppositin to a 219-unit housing development being proposed by Oaktree Development for the so-called Mugar family property near Rt. 2.

August

28

2015

Woburn Daily Times Chronicle
Burlington: Grants OK for 2nd phase of tech park housing

BURLINGTON --- With construction of 180 units underway, Nordblom Development Company has received approval from the planning board to proceed with an additional 120 apartments, 10 percent of which would be affordable. The two phases are part of a Planned Development District OK'd by town meeting in 2007 for Northwest Park, a mixed-use technology park.

August

28

2015

Amherst Gazette
Amherst: CPA funds help keep 41 apartments affordable

AMHERST --- Selectmen signed documents authorizing permanent affordable restrictions for 41 units at the 204-unit Rolling Green Apartments, punctuating a long effort in which the town used $1.2 million in CPA funds to help preserve the affordable units. Beacon Communities of Boston ended up buying the property, financing it with federal low-income housing tax credits awarded by the state and $8.7 million in loans from the Life Initiative.

August

28

2015

Sampan
Boston: ACDC uses candy to start vision process for Parcel 12

BOSTON --- In a first step toward creating a community vision for Parcel 12, one of the last undeveloped properties in Chinatown, the Asian Community Development Corp. brought residents together, gave them a budget and had them build a hypothetical housing development with candy to show them how much it costs and the impact affordable apartments have on development budgets.