The view from the new Lamartine Street. Rendering by Stantec and Dream Collaborative. The BPDA board today approved plans by developers to raze several buildings at the sprawling Mildred Hailey Apartments complex in Jamaica Plain and replace their current 253 Section 8 apartments with all new units – and add 420 additional income-restricted apartments and […]
Girls and teens used to meet in Sharon Curry’s living room. First there were eight. Then 12. Then 30, and Curry’s house was bursting at the seams with girls meeting for Girls to Teens to Women for discussions and mentoring. “I took it to the backyard, then to the park,” says Curry, who lives in […]
BOSTON – Tuesday, February 9, 2021 – Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced a 42 percent increase in the Linkage fees collected by large scale commercial developments over 100,000 square feet in Boston to support the creation of affordable housing and workforce development programs. The increased rate of $15.39 per square foot, of which $13.00 […]
By Jim Morrison | Boston.com Correspondent | December 8, 2020 After going through a difficult divorce in 2017, Niva Cruz and her three teenagers were forced to move out of their Boston home. “I struggled to find an affordable apartment in the city where I raised my children,’’ Cruz said. She eventually found a two-bedroom […]
62 New Units of Affordable Housing To Be Built in Jamaica Plain With the Support of Funders Boston, Mass. (December 3, 2020) – Urban Edge is announcing today that construction has begun on Holtzer Park, a 62-unit affordable housing development near Jackson Square in Jamaica Plain. Holtzer Park is part of the Boston […]
