Housing Headlines

MATTAPAN --- About 150 community members heard from four developers about their plans to redevelop the long-abandoned Cote Ford site. Making proposals were Corcoran Jennison, Codman Square NDC, Hyde Park resident Faubert Smith and a partnership that includes Caribbean Integration Community Development, AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust and the Planning Office for Urban Affairs.

QUINCY --- In its ongoing series about city neighborhoods, the Patriot Ledger looks at the Montclair section of North Quincy, where new immigrants mix with old residents, where condos near the train station can go for $370,000 and where City Councilor Dennis Coughlin is concerned that builders are opting to pay into the local affordable housing trust rather than include affordable housing in their projects.

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.

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.

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.

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.