City of Newton, MA
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Affordable Housing & Historic Preservation
236 Auburn Street
Auburndale, MA 02466
Goals
Rehabilitate an 1860s Italianate home and add modular new construction to create 8 units of permanently affordable rental housing: 3 units for families at up to 60% of the area median income (one 2-bedroom unit and two 3-bedroom units) and 5 units in a congregate home for adults with intellectual and other disabilities, at up to 30% of the area median income.
Funding
| $300,000 | CPA funding, historic resources |
| $677,700 | CPA funding, affordable housing |
| $1,172,939 | CDBG funding (federal funds allocated to Newton) (including October 2018 recommended additional funding below) |
| $732,271 | HOME funding (federal funds allocated to Newton) (including October 2018 recommended additional funding below) |
| $695,995 | Massachusetts Facilities Consolidation Fund (FCF), for clients of the Massachusetts Dept. of Developmental Services |
| $450,000 | Sale of completed congregate facility to the Barry L. Price Rehabilitation Center |
| $4,028,905 | Total Project Cost |
Contact
Jennifer Van Campen, Executive Director
Shaina Korman, Deputy Director
Citizens for Affordable Housing Development in Newton Organization (CAN-DO)
79-B Chapel Street, Nonantum, MA 02458
jvc@metrowestcd.org
shaina@metrowestcd.org
617-923-3505
Justin Salloway, President
Barry L. Price Rehabilitation Center
27 Christina Street, Newton Highlands, MA 02461
jsallaway@thepricecenter.org
617-244-0065, x1001
Comprehensive Permit Process
Follow the Comprehensive Permit process for this project on our High Interest Projects page.
CPA Funding Process
2016
- 25 August 2016 - Property inspection report
2017
- 17 March 2017 - Pre-proposal to the CPC, including:
- Project summary, budgets, site & floor plans, state funding pre-application
- Site photos & maps
- Analysis of historic significance & historically significant features (partially duplicates MHC submissions)
- 28 April-1 June 2017 - Full proposal to the CPC, including:
- Updated CPA funding request & funding sources (rec'd 18 May - 1 June 2017)
- Project summary & budgets, plus: funding sources, evidence of site control, tenant policies & procedures: tenant selection, accommodation for tenants with disabilities, supportive services
- Site photos & maps (repeated from pre-proposal above)
- Project sponsors: organizational finances, portfolios of past projects, project team qualifications (new project architect added December 2017); see also June 2017 submission below to Planning & Development Board
- Project design: historic significance & preservation, zoning, site & floor plans, construction scope & cost estimate. Note: This file includes a brief summary of the phase 1 environmental report on this site. Read the full report here.
- Support petition with community signatures (rec'd 31 May 2017)
- 9 May-6 July 2017 - Independent underwriting analysis & risk assessment (required for requested use of HOME funds)
- 31 May 2017 - Project presentation to CPC public hearing
- 5 June 2017 - Community letters received to date about this proposal
- 23 June 2017 - CPC funding recommendation
- 2 October 2017, 2 April 2018 - City Council orders (appropriation)
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14 July 2020 - Final Report and Budget for the completed project is approved by the CPC. The Final Report Presentation given at the meeting is available here.
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July 21, 2020 - Updated Pro Forma and Financial Information on completed project. This information was requested by the CPC as part of the closing materials for the project.
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July 15, 2022 - Preservation Restriction Agreement for 236 Auburn Street signed and recorded at Registry of Deeds
Non-CPA Reviews & Funding
Historic Preservation
- 17 February-April - Newton Historical Commission actions, including declaration of local historic significance (required for CPA eligibility) and approval of site & preservation plan
- 23 March-June 2017 - Submissions to Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC), including interior photos (large file, posted separately here)
- 6 July 2017 - MHC review making final project approval contingent on written agreement to comply with federal guidelines for moving historic buildings (John Obed Curtis, Moving Historic Buildings, 1979)
Planning & Development Board Review of Requested CDBG/HOME Funding
- 3 April 2017 - Background on affiliation between CAN-DO and Metro West Collaborative Development
- 31 May-5 June 2017 - Additional background on CAN-DO/Metro West organizational finances
- 6-10 July 2017 - Newton Planning & Development Dept. initial analysis & funding recommendation
- 1 October 2018 - Newton Planning & Development Dept. updated analysis & recommendation for additional funding
Project Background & News
- 30 March 2017 - Aerial photograph & property record from Newton Assessors' Database
- 17 April 2017 - Full phase 1 environmental report (559 pp.)
- 2 May 2018 - CPA grant agreement (large file, may load slowly)
- 1874-1917 - Historic maps & postcards of the neighborhood