Housing Headlines

CHELMSFORD --- With the housing authority reportedly poised to bid on the property, the public foreclosure auction for 16 low-income senior apartment units scheduled for Friday, July 9 was cancelled at the last minute when the owner of the Brianna Lyn apartments apparently reached an agreement with his bank.

CLINTON --- The developer who is turning Lunenburg's Whalom Park into housing has bought the unfinished portion of The Woodlands condominum project, which was foreclosed on last year.

BARNSTABLE --- Describing it as ra esponse to recent public debate about how to reduce beds at a downtown Hyannis homeless facility, the Cape's county commissioner and a local housing advocate have announced the formation of new regional committee that will work to find permanent housing for the homeless.

CONCORD --- Developers of a 350-unit affordable housing development in West Concord recently announced that they will most likely be breaking ground on the project in a few weeks. When completed, the rental project will consist of one and two bedroom apartments with 88 units set aside for lower-income renters.

LUNENBURG -- Holliston developer Jon Juhl's plans to convert the old Lunenburg Primary School into 40 one-bedroom affordable apartments for seniors 62 and over suffered a setback recently when his application for federal financing was passed over.

WEST TISBURY --- In what would be a first for Massachusetts, the town of West Tisbury is considering a way for homeowners to bequeath property to the affordable housing pool in exchange for a tax abatement based on its reduced value while they live.