Housing Headlines

LUNENBURG --- The town's zoning board of appeals has granted a Ch. 40B comprehensive permit to developer Gary Lorden's plan to build 120 mixed-income apartment on 41 acres near Whalom Lake.

SHREWSBURY --- Residents and town officials were on hand recently as state officials began their review of two sites that have been proposed for Ch. 40B housing developments totaling 450 units.

NORTHAMPTON --- The proposed $20 million redevelopment of the Northampton Lumber site won two major approvals recently as both the planning board and the Central Business Architecture Committee OK'd plans to knock down existing buildings and replace it with 55 affordable rental homes and 5,300 square feet of commercial space. The approval clears the way for the developer, Valley CDC, to seek a Community Preservation Act grant that would enable them to seek low-income tax credit funding from the state.

NEWTON --- Developers of a proposed 135-unit apartment Ch. 40B complex on Rowe Street have challenged the city's assertion that it has met an affordable housing threshold of having more than 1.5 percent of its developable land being used for affordable housing.

PROVINCETOWN --- Following last month's passage by the House of Representatives, Gov. Deval Patrick in one of his last acts as leader of the state signed a law that will allow the town to put on its tax bills a box that will allow taxpayers to make a voluntary donation to the town for affordable housing.

BELMONT --- Last month, the planning board has approved design changes for Cushing Village, a mixed-use, three-building development that will feature 115 units housing. It is being proposed by Smith Legacy Partners for Trapelo Road and Common Street.