A developer has planned 120 housing units at the 2.82-acre property purchased from the MBTA in Forest Hills, but the amount of affordable housing units of the proposal falls short of the goal set forth by the community.
Though a deal is pending between a developer and the MBTA for 120 housing units at Parcel U, an MBTA-owned Forest Hills plot, that deal falls short of a the community’s affordable housing goal for the parcel originally set in 2008. Only 31 of the 120 units planned by Urbanica will be designated affordable, according to the Boston Redevelopment Authority documents. This accounts for 26 percent affordable housing. The community goal was set at 50 percent, according to the the BRA's Forest Hills Improvement Initiative in 2008. BRA Senior architect John Dalzell said guidelines of this nature are a reflection of what the community wanted to see happen with a development, and that proposals do not need to meet these goals. “You can imagine there…
frankly mr.shankly
12:53 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013
agreed. Although - maybe they can get urbanica to move a little bit, but I think 26% affordable is better than no project. 50% is a lot to ask without some government funding. more ›