Housing Headlines

SCITUATE --- Representatives from the Livingstone Company and Global Property Developers met with the town's conservation commission and residents over a proposed 200-unit Ch. 40B housing development and discussed the issue of groundwater being pushed to adjacent properties if the project is built.

QUINCY --- A new ownership structure has been set up for the purposes of purchasing and rehabilitating the 640-unit senior housing apartment complex at Quincy Point. The complex's previous owner, Quincy Point Congregational Church Homes, has partnered with the National Foundation for Affordable Housing Solutions to purchase the property for $70.6 million. The new ownership will result in renovations to the property and a preservation of affordability.

NORTH ATTLEBORO --- The zoning board of appeals has asked a consultant to review a previous traffic study that estimated that a proposed 66-unit Ch. 40B affordable housing development for downtown would add only 15 vehicles during rush hour. Residents near the site say the proposal by Great Bridge Properties is too big for the neighborhood.

ASHLAND --- The developer who is seeking a Ch. 40B permit to build 140 units of mixed-income housing has retained a wetlands consultant to challenge the town's 2011 determination of what part of the property is considered wetlands.

HARVARD -- Residents near a proposed affordable housing development say they are not opposed to affordable housing but that they are concerned that the town's affordable housing trust almost entered into an agreement with a developer whose proposal residents did not like.

SHIRLEY --- A regional planner met with the planning board recently to explain how creating an affordable housing plan would put the town on track to create more affordable housing and gain greater control over Ch. 40B housing development.