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Community Housing
2148-55 Commonwealth Avenue
Auburndale, MA 02466
Goals
Create rental housing for families of homeless veterans in an existing 2-family house, with a total of 5 bedrooms (a lower 2-bedroom unit and an upper 3-bedroom unit), permanently deed-restricted to remain affordable for households earning less than 80 percent of area median income.
Funding
| $375,000 | CPA funds appropriated (community housing) |
Additional Sources Below Taken From Original Proposal - to Be Confirmed:
| $300,000 | Community Development Block Grant (federal housing funds managed by Newton) |
| $50,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank Board grant |
| $50,000 | Charlesbank Homes foundation grant |
| $175,000 | Bank mortgage (Village Bank) |
| $950,000 | Total Project Cost |
Contact
Jennifer Van Campen, Executive Director
Citizens for Affordable Housing Development in Newton Organization (CAN-DO)
79-B Chapel Street
Nonantum, MA 02458
jvc@metrowestcd.org
617-923-3505
Proposal Review & Appropriations
2009
- 16 October 2009 - Proposal, including summary/list of the following attachments:
- Budgets & funding plan
- Purchase & sale agreement
- Appraisal (large file, may load slowly)
- Scope of work & photos (large file, may load slowly)
- Site & context: permitting, zoning, map, assessment history, add'l photos
- Environmental services scope & estimates (de-leading)
- Rent comparisons, including Newton Housing Authority "exception" & market rents
- Community outreach & support
- Updated 4 December 2009:
- Sponsor's organizational finances
- Supplemental information requested by CPC: summary of disabled veterans' housing needs, federal housing programs for veterans, etc
- Additional letters of support
2010
- 2 February 2010 - Consultant report on applicable fair housing/accessibility requirements
- 16 February 2010 - Supplemental funding request
- 2 March 2010 - CPC funding recommendation
- April 2010 - Supplemental information requested by the Board of Aldermen:
- 3 May 2010 - Board order (appropriation)
Project News
2009-10
- 23 October 2009 - Deed as final confirmation of ownership
- 30 December 2009 - Permanent affordability restriction
- February 2010 - Confirmation of funding from other sources (other than Newton CPA, CDBG, or HOME funds)
- 14 July 2010 - Developer's reasonable accommodation/reasonable modification policy for accessibility, approved by the City of Newton
- July-August 2010 - Construction contracts
- 25 August 2010 - Revised budget, showing all sources & uses
- 17 September 2010 - Grant agreement
(See links above & below for attachments listed in this agreement and for submissions required prior to initial release of funds.) - 4 November 2010 - Budgeted vs. actual construction costs to date
2011
- 18 May 2011 - Final project report (includes photos)
- May 2011 - Open house & housewarming, with photos (see page 2 of newsletter)
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