Housing Headlines

FOXBORO --- The special counsel for the town's water and sewer commission has advised the town that it must allow the developer of a proposed 248-unit apartment complex to tie into the sewer system if the system has the capacity and if the developer can pay the necessary fees.

BEVERLY --- Windover Construction is trying to gain approvals from several city boards and committees so it can proceed with purchasing the McKay School from the city so it can develop it into 32 apartments.

BROCKTON --- The city's redevelopment of its downtown is beginning to take shape as Trinity Financial has begun leasing 71 market-rate and affordable apartments at Centre 50, one part of the company's $100 million redevelopment of the former Brockton Enterprise newspaper site.

CHARLESTOWN --- The City of Boston has issued a Request for Proposals to gain an idea of what developers might do to rehabilitate the aging Bunker Hill public housing development, the oldest such development in the state.

DANVERS --- State Sen. Joan Lovely has filed legislation that would help communities get motel tax revenues lost when the state houses homeless families in motels for more than 90 days, as well as legislation that would create new programs to allow children living in motels the chance to attend after-school and summer programs at local YMCA's.

NORTHAMPTON --- The owner of two properties next to a proposed 55-unit mixed use development of the Northampton Lumber site has filed lawsuits asking the court to overturn the town's decisions to green light the project.