Here are three new affordable housing opportunities available in Newton, at Haywood House, the Golda Meir Expansion (2Life Communities), and 77 Court Street: Haywood House: The Newton Housing Authority is now accepting applications for the Haywood House (83-127 Kennedy Circle, Newton Corner), which has 55 one-bedroom units for elders over the…
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Fair Housing Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, September 6 at 8AM. The agenda includes the following: Review and Approval of August 2022 meeting minutes Training Program Planning for Fall/Winter AFFH initiatives on ARPA and Village Center Zoning Project Review Update on Crafts Street and 1314 Washington Street…
The Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) recently released final guidelines for multi-family zoning requirements for the MBTA Communities Act. During the comment period earlier this year, nine Newton City Councilors (Albright, Lipof, Downs, Crossley, Bowman, Kelley, Noel, Humphrey, and Kalis) submitted comments that: Supported the 25-50 acre size…
The Zoning and Planning (ZAP) Committee voted to set a public hearing on proposed amendments to the Accessory Dwelling Unit Ordinance — specifically on whether to allow detached Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) by-right, and to make changes in allowable setback requirements, in order to encourage more participation to increase housing.…
Metro West Collaborative Development and Civico Development — the developers that will convert the West Newton Armory into affordable housing — held an open house on August 1 to explain the project to the public and introduce its revised design. In response to public input, the revisions addressed building height…
Metro West Collaborative Development and Civico Development — the developers that will convert the West Newton Armory into affordable housing — will hold an open house on August 1, 4PM-6PM to explain the project to the public. The project is at 1135 Washington Street in West Newton. There will be…
The City of Newton is a participating and lead member of the WestMetro HOME Consortium – a 13-member association of towns and municipalities (Bedford, Belmont, Brookline, Concord, Framingham, Lexington, Natick, Needham, Newton, Sudbury, Waltham, Watertown, and Wayland) that receives federal funding (HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) funds to assist low…
The Finance Committee will vote on a recommendation by the Community Preservation Committee to allocate $3,000,000 in CPA funding for the West Newton Armory Project – to create 43 units of affordable housing. Specifically, the request is for $2,373,470.71 coming from the FY22 Unrestricted Funds, and the remaining $626,529.29 to…
The CPA has recommended the reallocation of $475,876.14 in unused CPA funds remaining in the Covid-19 Emergency Housing Assistance Project Account for use in another CPA-eligible project in the future. The City Council had authorized two separate proposals in 2020 and 2021 to use $3.2 million in CPA funding for…
The Newton Affordable Housing Trust will hold its first meeting online this Wednesday, June 29 at 6:00 p.m. (agenda and Zoom link). The Committee consists of the Mayor, Ward 6 at-large Councilor Alicia Bowman, Mayoral appointees Tamirirashe Gambiza, Ann Houston, Jason Korb, and Peter Sargent, and Community Preservation Committee member…