Bill Puts $500,000 to Public Housing

A joint committee on housing advances a $1.4 billion housing bond bill.

A housing bond bill that was approved Tuesday would funnel $1.4 billion to provide essential housing production and programs for low-income and moderate-income residents in the Bay State. "I am pleased to help advance this bill in the legislature to ensure that we continue to invest in a pipeline of housing initiatives and programs that address the most pressing housing needs of the Commonwealth,” said Senator Eldridge, D-Acton.  An Act Financing the Production and Preservation of Housing for Low and Moderate Income Residents would authorize a $1.4 billion five year capital plan. $500 million will be directed to public housing modernization that would bring public housing units online.  The bill would extend the low income housing tax …

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Brookview Village Hearing Tonight

With the Zoning Board of Appeals set to continue a public hearing on the "Brookview Village" development tonight; we have all the information to get you up to date.

The proposed "Brookview Village" housing development public hearing will continue tonight in front of the Zoning Board of Appeals. The details that have been laid out about the complex are straight forward enough: it will include 243 rental units on an 18.73 acre plot of land along Route 20 near Ames Street. The development would be on land zoned for industrial use. However, the concerns of neighbors, and city councilors have already begun to be officially voiced with continued concerns set to be raised in a continueation of the August 7 hearing. At the top of residents concerns from the first portion of the public hearing were the environment and safety. At that portion of the hearing, resident Ron Bucchino said a second opinion of the …

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Social Media Saturday

Readers Share the Needs of a Local Nonprofit

A column highlighting the trends, thoughts, and news from Facebook and Twitter.

Here at Marlborough Patch, we take social media pretty seriously. The platform is one way we look to interact with you, answer your questions and get to see what's on your mind. Social Media Saturday is a weekly feature where we highlight your questions and thoughts you've shared on Facebook, Twitter and other media throughout the past week. We'll also point you to some new and interesting pages you may not have known about before. Highlights of the Week: Currently, we've got 664 fans liking us on Facebook, which is a great thing. We've also got 494 followers on Twitter, with numbers growing every day. Here are some highlights of what took place this week:   Social Media Page of the Week While we've featured The Coffee Loft in this spot…

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City to Set Aside More Affordable Housing; Thanks Seymour for Initiating 9/11 Observance

Proposed change will set aside 15 percent of new housing units as affordable, and the community unites to remember victims and survivors with moving tribute featuring 3,000 flags.

The City Council Urban Affairs Subcommittee will soon consider a change in the definition of "affordable housing units" as it pertains to developers who build rental apartments or single family subdivisions within the city. Currently, the city is obligated to maintain an inventory of 10 percent of affordable housing units as defined by the state Dept. of Housing and Community Development's Subsidized Housing Inventory. According to attorney Arthur Bergeron of 53 Red Spring Road, two changes are in order. The first change stipulates that for any future housing developments within the city, 15 percent of the total units must be designated as "affordable housing units" and be counted in the state's Subsidized Housing Inventory. If a developer…

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