August
28
2007
EASTON --- It was voted down at the Town Meeting in May, but developer Nick Mirrione of Mirrione Realty wants an opportunity to change residents' minds about the cottage community bylaw. Mirrione wants to build seven 1000-square foot starter homes on one acre of land.
August
27
2007
AMHERST --- If the town wants to maintain enough affordable housing that it can reject housing projects it does not want, officials should begin negotiations soon with the owners of the Rolling Green Apartments, Town Manager Larry Shaffer said Monday. A restriction stipulating that the 204 units at the 422 Belchertown Road complex must be "affordable" by state standards expires in 2013. (subscription only or paid archive).
August
27
2007
DRACUT --- A housing consultant has been hired to help move forward an attempt by the Housing Authority, the town and the Community Preservation Committee to purchase a 38-unit apartment building on Mammoth Road. The town hopes to make the building totally affordable, with funding sources to include rents paid to the authority, as well as Community Preservation money and the town's general fund.
August
21
2007
NORTH ANDOVER --- A nonprofit housing corporation expects to finalize a deal today to buy a former nursing home with plans of putting in 42 affordable apartments. The Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH) will pay $925,000 for the 2.5-acre property at 75 Park St., which includes a two-story house, a parking lot and the vacant building of The Greenery, a nursing home that closed in 2003.
August
21
2007
SHREWSBURY --- Thanks in part to a $1 million grant from the state Department of Housing and Community Development, the Shrewsbury Housing Authority will be able to build five units of affordable family housing on land acquired from the town.
August
16
2007
NEEDHAM --- The MBTA is hoping to develop an affordable housing complex near the Needham Heights Commuter Rail Station, which would include at least 60 units, increasing ridership and providing income through rents while helping the town reach the state's 10 percent affordable housing requirement.