A new 19-story residential tower is coming to downtown Boston, with a focus on supporting formerly homeless individuals and offering affordable rental options for working-class Bay Staters strained by the state’s housing crisis.
Following a lengthy community outreach process, developers are moving ahead with conversion of a vacant former hotel at the Charlestown Navy Yard into affordable and supportive housing.
A pair of nonprofits are partnering on plans for a 19-story mixed-income project on the edge of Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood, which is battling displacement from short-term rentals and luxury housing.
The Baker Administration announced awards to fund the development, renovation and preservation of affordable rental housing across the commonwealth on Monday. The money will be used to create or preserve 1,420 housing units.
