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Christina
Street
Municipal
Employee Homebuyer Assistance Program
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This project was canceled in 2004.
All funds were transferred to the Newton Homebuyer Assistance Program. |
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location:
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90 Christina Street
Newton Highlands, MA 02461
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goals:
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Reduce purchase price to make
3 housing units affordable to buyers from moderate-income households
who are full-time employees of the City of Newton, and protect
affordability through perpetual deed restrictions. |
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total funding:
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| $378,000
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CP
funds appropriated (community
housing)
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| $376,750
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CP
funds transfered to Newton Homebuyer Assistance Program
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| $1,250
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total CP
funds spent (on CPC-required appraisal) |
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contacts:
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Ms. Josephine McNeill
Executive Director, Citizens for Affordable Housing in Newton
Development Organization (CAN-DO)
1075 Washington Street
West Newton, MA 02465
email: jam_cando@msn.com
phone:
617.964.3527
Trisha
Kenyon Guditz, Housing Program Manager
Planning & Development Department
City of Newton
1000 Commonwealth Avenue
Newton Centre, MA 02459
email: tguditz@newtonma.gov
phone: 617.796.1156
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proposal
review & appropriations:
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1 November 2002
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original proposal
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November 2002- January 2003
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letters of
support: part 1,
part 2,
part 3 |
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January 2003
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proposal supplemental
information (level & term of affordability, local
preference programs)
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4 February 2003
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CPC
requests
for legal opinions (municipal employee preference, term of affordability, zoning)
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11 February 2003
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housing consultant
evaluation & recommendations
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February 2003
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proposal revisions
(based on Planning Dept. recommendations)
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3 April 2003
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memo
& agreement on perpetual
affordability |
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3 April 2003
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CPC
funding
recommendation (revised from 25 February 2003) |
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8 April 2003
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request
for & summary of opinion on
municipal
employee preference
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9 April 2003
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Board
order (appropriation)
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28 January 2004
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CPC request to
transfer funds to Newton Homebuyer Assistance Program
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project news:
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16 July 2003
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Planning Dept. memo on lessons learned
from this project
for the Newton Homebuyer Assistance Program |