Tag: affordable housing
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Planning Department Launches Corridor-Wide Study of Mill Street
Bellwater’s planning department has launched a corridor-wide study of Mill Street, aiming to set consistent zoning and affordable-housing rules after lawsuits exposed gaps in project-by-project agreements.
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Lawsuit Claims Foundry District Lofts Developer Broke City’s Affordable-Housing Deal
Lowertown tenants and a housing nonprofit are suing the developer behind the Foundry District Lofts, claiming it built far fewer income-restricted units than the city’s redevelopment agreement required.
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Hearing Set on Tenants’ Bid to Halt Leasing at Foundry District Lofts
A Wentworth County judge will hear arguments this week on whether to block new market-rate leasing at the Foundry District Lofts amid an affordable-housing lawsuit.
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Cedar Hollow’s Long-Vacant Lots Targeted for Affordable Single-Family Homes
City officials want to redevelop nine long-vacant Cedar Hollow lots into affordable single-family and duplex homes, though nonprofit developers say financing scattered infill projects remains a challenge.
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Six-Story Riverside Heights Proposal Splits Neighborhood Over Height, Affordability
A developer’s bid to rezone vacant Riverside Heights riverfront land for six-story mixed-use housing split the neighborhood; the planning commission sent the plan back for revisions.
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A Second Foundry Row Developer Faces Affordable-Housing Lawsuit
The Lowertown Tenant Alliance has sued a second Foundry Row developer over an alleged affordable-unit shortfall, prompting city officials to consider a citywide compliance audit of redevelopment agreements.
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Muhammad Pushes to Take Foundry Row’s Affordability Rules Citywide
Council Member Aisha Muhammad wants to extend affordable-housing requirements from the transit corridor and Foundry Row towers to every new residential project citywide, a proposal that split colleagues and drew warnings from developers.
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Foundry District Lofts Phase Two Groundbreaking Draws Criticism From Plaintiffs
Millrace Development Partners broke ground on a 74-unit second phase of the Foundry District Lofts while a lawsuit over the first phase’s affordable-unit shortfall remains unresolved in court.
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Millrace Development Partners’ Next Foundry Row Project Draws Early Scrutiny
Millrace Development Partners has proposed a second Foundry Row apartment project, but city council members say they will demand much stricter affordable-housing terms this time.
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Another Foundry Row Warehouse Set for Loft Conversion
Redline Property Group wants to convert a former Anvil Street casting plant into 86 Foundry Row apartments, pledging a bigger affordable-unit share than the one now in dispute at the nearby Foundry District Lofts.