Housing Headlines

SOUTHBOROUGH - Town officials are unhappy that a housing financing agency has given its support to 140 apartments of proposed affordable housing on Rte. 9, saying they never received the full plans from the developer.

HARVARD --- Harvard selectmen have asked the quasi-public agency MassDevelopment to engage in local dialogue over a 246-unit apartment complex proposal planned for the decommissioned Fort Devens Army base.

HARVARD --- Foreclosure auctions scheduled for Dec. 8 and 15 at The Inn and Great Elms have been postponed until January, according to William Marshall, president of the foreclosing lender, North Middlesex Savings Bank.

FALL RIVER --- Acting before a Dec. 9 deadline that would've returned decision-making powerto the state, the city council has approved plans to demolish the 100-unit Watuppa Heights public housing project and redevelop the 9.5 acre site with mixed-income apartments and homes. Fall River's plan must now be approved by the state.

NORFOLK --- At its Nov. 30 town meeting, town officials will seek public comment on several scenarios for how to designate part of its downtown as a Chapter 40R Smart Growth Overlay District. Officials have been discussing the idea for a year, with a particular focus on shaping the development of a seven-acre parcel between the town center and the MBTA railroad tracks.

HINGHAM --- A proposed 180-unit rental apartment complex has Hingham residents worried about its impact on the town and local officials renewing their efforts to have the state recognize that a retirement community's units have pushed the town over the 10 percent affordable housing threshold necessary to turn away Ch. 40B developments.