Housing Headlines

BARNSTABLE --- A 14-year-old accesssory apartment bylaw which allows and supports residents who want to create affordable units within their homes or on their property has resulted in 188 units - 140 currently active.

NORTHBOROUGH --- A lottery has been set for April 16 for four new senior affordable housing units built by the local nonprofit affordable housing corporation and financed entirely with $600,000 in Community Preservation Act funds. The new units, on Centre Drive, will be managed by the housing authority.

SOMERVILLE - The Union Square Citizens Advisory Committee has finished interviewing the 10 companies vying for master developer status and have scheduled meetings for April 2 and 8 to discuss finalists and recommend a master developer. The city's web site has a list of the 10 vying to be designated for this area, which is soon to have a new Green Line transit stop.

HOPKINTON --- Construction was recently completed on a 240-unit apartment complex on the site of the former Weston Nurseries property. The new complex, called Alta Legacy Farms, has 156 one-bedroom apartments and 84 two-bedroom apartments with 60 units reserved as affordable. The development is part of the mixed-use Legacy Farms project, which will include 940 single-family and attached homes, 450,000 square feet of commercial space and more than 500 acres of preserved open space

WELLFLEET --- Information sessions will be held on April 3 & 5 to learn about five affordable condominium units coming on the market later this year. The sessions will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on April 3 and 10:30 a.m. to noon on April 5 at the public library at 55 West Main St. For more information, call 508-487-2426, ext. 4 or email info@chrgroup.net.

LITTLETON --- The ZBA recently approved amendments to a proposed 200-unit housing development plan.. The developer, Omni Properties, will build 144 rental units (36 affordable) and 56 homeownership units (14 affordable) at 15 Great Road. The project will be built in three phases and a lottery to determine residents will be held in the coming weeks.