Newton, Massachusetts Community Preservation Program  >>  Proposals & Projects

2148-55 Commonwealth Avenue / Veteran House
Community Housing
location:
  2148-55 Commonwealth Avenue
Auburndale, MA 02466
goals:
  Create rental housing for 2 families of homeless veterans in an existing 2-family house, which will be permanently deed-restricted to rents affordable for households earning less than 80 percent of area median income.
total
funding:
 
$375,000 CP funds appropriated  (community housing)
contacts:
  Josephine McNeill, Executive Director
Citizens for Affordable Housing in Newton
     Development Organization (CAN-DO)
1075 Washington St.
West Newton, MA 02465
email:   jam_cando@msn.com
phone:
 617.964.3527

PROPOSAL REVIEW & APPROPRIATIONS
16 October 2009
  proposal, including summary/list of the following attachments: 
16 October 2009
  budgets & funding plan
16 October 2009
  purchase & sale agreement
 16 October 2009
  appraisal
(very long file, may take some time to load)
16 October 2009
  scope of work & photos
(long file, may take some time to load)
16 October 2009
  site & context:
permitting, zoning, map, assessment history, add'l photos
16 October 2009
  environmental services scope & estimates (de-leading)
16 October 2009
  rent comparisons
(incl. Newton Housing Authority "exception" & market rents)
16 October 2009
  community outreach  & support
16 October 2009,
updated 4 Dec 2009
  sponsor financial background
4 December  2009
  supplemental information
(housing demand for disabled veterans, federal programs, etc.)
4 December  2009
  addititional letters of support
 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 financial information, submitted at the Board of Aldermen's request
April 2010

  summary of Veterans Administration support programs that this project will use, submitted at the Board of Aldermen's request
3 May 2010
  Board order (appropriation)

PROJECT NEWS
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.
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 CP, 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
4 November 2010
  budgeted vs. actual construction costs to date
18 May 2011
final project report (includes photos)
May 2011
open house & housewarming  (includes photos)


CONTACT:  
Alice E. Ingerson, Ph.D., Community Preservation Program Manager
Newton Planning & Development Department,
City Hall, 1000 Commonwealth Ave., Newton, MA 02459
phone 617.796.1144, email  aingerson@newtonma.gov, TDD / TTY 617.796.1089