Housing Headlines

FITCHBURG --- Planners eye land at the intersection of routes 2 and 31 as the potential location of a future commuter rail station, which would serve the quickly growing residential population in the area.

KINGSTON --- Opponents question the size of a 40R effort that is being proposed for a sandpit in Kingston located near the commuter rail, while proponents say that the site is ideal for development.

BELMONT --- Not having reached the state's affordable housing requirement, the zoning board granted developers a permit to proceed with a 299-unit 40B effort, knowing that the state would overturn their rejection of the proposal.

DORCHESTER --- Developers who won the bid to redevelop the former St. Williams Parish in Dorchester have begun the approvals process for an effort that will include a mix of commercial space with income-restricted and market rate town homes.

FRANKLIN --- After the planning board denied a developer's request to change the approved construction sequence, he was forced to secure alternative additional funding to ensure that his effort stays on track.

WESTFORD --- A decision by the Board of Selectmen Tuesday not to purchase a 13-acre parcel of land caused housing advocates to question the board's role in creating affordable housing.