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June

17

2015

Cape Cod Times
Hope to use CPA funds to turn motels into housing

YARMOUTH --- Having appropriated $2 million in CPA funds to help fund the conversion of motels into affordable housing, Yarmouth has taken the first step by surveying motel owners who would be willing to sell their properties to the town. The town received one interested response from Oreste and Sheila Volpe, owners of Yarmouth Gardens.

June

16

2015

MetroWest Daily News
2nd public meeting held on housing production plan

ASHLAND --- In the second public meeting held to hash out a housing production plan, residents were shown data provided by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council estimating that the town will grow to 20,000 residents by 2030 and will need 1,110 single-family homes and 930 apartments to keep up with demand.

June

15

2015

Cape Cod Times
Loss of housing called start of 'Aspenization' of Cape

PROVINCETOWN --- Cape Cod Times reporter Lorelei Stevens takes an in-depth look at the continued loss of affordable year-round housing in Provincetown, as more and more homes and apartments are being lost to the second home market. Locals are being pushed out and town officials are saying it's a crisis, one calling it the beginning of the "Aspenization" of Cape Cod.

June

14

2015

Newton Tab
Council on Aging chair makes case for apartments

NEWTON --- The chairwoman of the city's Council on Aging draws from personal experience to express her support for more mixed-income apartments in Newton, specifically the proposal on Austin St. in the Newtonville business district, which is steps away from the MBTA.

June

12

2015

The Stoneham Independent
Stoneham: No action on board member's call to amend 40B

STONEHAM --- In the wake of the state's Housing Appeals Committee's rejection of town's challenge of a 264-unit housing proposal for Weiss Farm, first-term Selectmen Caroline Colarusso is seeking state action that would modify Ch. 40B. Selectmen took no action on Colarusso's suggestions, noting that there are several pieces of legislation already pending.

June

11

2015

Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise
Devens: 3 towns OK senior housing but one nixes biotech

DEVENS -- Zoning changes approved by Town Meeting voters Monday will allow for up to 120 units of senior housing and new health-care usage opportunities in Shirley, but a top state economic-development official said the failure of one warrant article in Harvard could thwart biotechnology development at Devens.