Housing Headlines

WAYLAND --- Developers of the luxury Covered Bridge housing development have withdrawn a request to build the required affordable units off site after residents near the off-site Cochituate location objected, noting that 85 percent of the town's affordable housing is located in that part of town.

STONEHAM --- On Dec. 11, the state Housing Appeals Committee is expected to hold a hearing on its earlier decision to reject the town's claim that a 264-unit Ch. 40B proposal should be denied because the project is not consistent with local needs and because the town has already met its criteria for affordable housing.

ARLINGTON --- The town's redevelopment board has voted to let the Housing Corporation of Arlington renovate the historic Kimball Farmer House into three units of affordable rental housing.

AMHERST --- At the Nov. 5 town meeting, a measure that would require developers seeking special permits of nine or more units to make some units affordable fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass the measure. The tally was 111-79 in favor, 16 votes short.

AMHERST --- At the Nov. 5 town meeting, a measure that would require developers seeking special permits of nine or more units to make some units affordable fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass the measure. The tally was 111-79 in favor, 16 votes short.

WALTHAM --- A city committee has voted to pay money into the city's affordable housing trust fund rather than make two of the 24 condos planned for the Banks School affordable. The Ordinance and Rules Committee also voted to pay back $1.4 million which was borrowed from the trust to help pay for the first stage of renovations at the school.