Mixed use project proposed along the Charles River in Nonantum
A new mixed use 40B development has been proposed for a site just off California Street in Nonantum along the Charles River next to Forte Park. The Riverdale project would include 204 units of apartments, including 51 that are classified as “affordable,” along with...State keeps saying Newton hasn’t met its 40B threshold. So why does the city keep claiming we have?
Various state agencies have continually determined that Newton has not met the 1.5 percent threshold that would provide a 40B exemption. So why does Mayor Warren’s Planning Department and ZBA continue to dispute that? Read Jonathan Dame’s latest story for Wicked Local Newton here.
City wanted ZBA to review Rowe Street counteroffer
“City lawyers were disappointed and surprised the Zoning Board of Appeals wouldn’t allow the developer of a Chapter 40B affordable housing project on Rowe Street in Auburndale to present a revised version of its project last year,” according to a series...City wins appeal of Wells Ave. deed restriction vs. 40B dispute
Remember that dispute between the city and a developer who wanted to build a 40B project at 135 Wells Ave? Basically the city claimed that a deed restriction at the park trumped the 40B rules. And now the Housing Appeals Committee has just ruled in the city’s...Meanwhile over on Goddard Street
The TAB’s Jonathan Dame has an update on the proposed 40B at 47 Goddard Street in the Highlands, which was the other project that was put on hold after the city asserted that Newton has reached 1.5 percent affordable housing standard. “What everyone is...Newton Loses 40B Appeal of 1.5% – Round One?
Check out Andy Levin’s Tab article announcing the decision today. Will this be a TKO for the 1.5% solution to the 40B requirement in Newton, or will the City continue to show a strong response in the next round of the argument? What do you think? UPDATE: link to...Fate of Newton’s 40B exemption claim could be known Friday
The fate of the ongoing battles over Chapter 40B projects in Newton could be determined Friday That’s when City of Newton’s claim that it has met the 1.5 percent exemption threshold that would put it outside the parameters of the state’s Chapter 40B...Newton — and Setti Warren — blasted for fighting to “remain exclusive’
Some readers here are probably thinking “”Of course, we’re exclusionary in Newton, our schools are too crowded now and we have too much traffic.” Sone might even add: “I can’t believe Setti Warren is getting credit for our efforts...What does the affordable housing debate say about Newton?
Kathleen Kouril Grieser, one of the chief opponents of the Austin Street project, had yet another column in the TAB last week where she, yet again, rehashed her opposition to the Austin St project and repeated her overall alarm about what she calls “the guise...Needham finds clever way to avoid being ‘held hostage’ by developers
While the City of Newton is expected to appeal a state ruling disputing claims of having reached the 40B threshold, the Town of Needham has found a different way to keep developers from using the affordable housing law to build projects at unsuitable locations, the...Warren confident Newton has met 40B threshold but remains committed to affordable housing
Newton has met its 40B threshold and is confident it can withstand a 40B challenge, Jim Morrison writes on Wicked Local Newton. Here’s two key excerpts… [Chief Administrative Officer Dori] Zaleznik said the city was very conservative in calculating the...