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OPINION: MBTA Communties Act will overwhelm communities like Ashland with apartments
There’s a 250-unit, five-story 40B apartment complex proposed for the mill buildings site at 10-60 Main St. in downtown Ashland. Everyone needs a place to live that they love and can afford. But the current architectural trend — Soviet bloc-style building design — is troublesome, especially in a small-scale town center. I do however, support well thought and responsible development.
Transfer tax would make small dent in housing needs statewide
( May 21, 2024 ) A proposed tax on high-value real estate transactions to pay for affordable housing would add an estimated 3,210 affordable homes in Massachusetts over five years, according to the governor's administration -- a drop in the bucket of the state's 200,000 housing unit shortage.
Worcester County real estate transfers, Sunday, May 19
$395,000, 7 Piper Rd, Chaisson, Gene T, and Chaisson, Kaylee, to Rapoza, Emily, and Blouin, Jonathan.$95,000, Richardson Rd #4, Mark & Linda Lapham RET, and Lapham, Mark, to Godin, Angela, and Godin, Michael. Athol. $325,000, 539 Sanders St, Davis, Lilian R, and Silva, Denislon, to Sanchez, Ana M.$294,000, 2 Myrtle...
Four-bedroom home in Hopkinton sells for $3.8 million
The spacious property located at 8 Queen Anne Road in Hopkinton was sold on May 2, 2024 for $3,795,000, or $634 per square foot. The house, built in 2010, has an interior space of 5,985 square feet. This two-story home provides a generous living space with its four bedrooms and seven baths. The home's external structure has a gable roof design, covered with asphalt roofing. Inside, there is a fireplace. The property is equipped with forced air heating and a cooling system. In addition, the home includes an underground/basement three-car garage. Nestled on a generous 2.0-acre lot, the property provides abundant outdoor space including a pool.
What can Massachusetts do about its housing crisis?
BOSTON – What can Massachusetts do about its housing crisis? Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll joined WBZ-TV to discuss the quest for affordable housing in the state, and how the housing situation is impacted by an increase in migrants arriving at shelters in Massachusetts.MBTA Communities ActDriscoll weighed in on pushback Gov. Maura Healey's administration has received against the MBTA Communities Act, which mandates that cities and towns redo their zoning to allow for more multifamily housingDriscoll said she believes the pushback gets more headlines than the number of communities who agree to the plan. "The No. 1 issue people talk about...
Where new apartment buildings could pop up all over the South Shore due to a state law
The end of 2024 marks an important deadline for more than 100 Massachusetts municipalities to adopt zoning rules that make it easier to build apartments near public transportation. Those municipalities that are categorized as “commuter rail” or “adjacent communities” under the MBTA Communities Act must create at least one high-density zoning overlay district of a certain size that allows for development suitable for families. ...
Central Mass. by the Numbers
40 The owner of a Park Avenue car dealership and auto services business is proposing a six-story apartment project with 40 units on the site of the car dealership. The proposed apartment building at 487 Park Ave. would have café space and a specialized electric vehicle inspection and repair space on the...
Castle-like home sells for $1.7 million on South Shore. And many more real estate sales
Every week, we post all the South Shore real estate sales in an easy to read town-by-town list. Be a nosy neighbor. Be smart about your biggest investment. Or just enjoy perusing. Did you miss last week's sales, including a 19.3 acre tree-lined estate on Cohasset Harbor? Click here to check them out.
Massachusetts real estate transactions for Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin counties May 19, 2024 edition
Athena Sheehan to Joanne T. Mason, 12H Castle Hills Road, $315,000. Carole J. Handler to Lisa Cecchini, 178 Brookfield Lane, Unit 178, $296,000. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Help preserve workforce housing, bolster Cape economy: Support local option transfer fee
The Cape and Islands are facing an affordable housing crisis that is shuttering our small businesses, damaging our public safety, education and health care and threatening our cherished way of life. There are solutions, and one of the most promising for communities like Nantucket, Provincetown, Chatham and the towns of Martha’s Vineyard — communities that desperately need the help and have asked for it now for years — is the passage of a small local option transfer...
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