Posted by Susy Thielen on September 29th, 2007 — in Housing News, Smart Growth
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Elizabeth Farrell
Keene Sentinel Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON — A N.H. congressman is working to make the financial services industry more green — not with greenbacks, but with green policy.
A House Financial Services Committee task force, headed by Rep. Paul Hodes, D-N.H., and Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo., is drafting legislation that would provide incentives to promote green policy to all of the industries under the committee’s jurisdiction — the banking, securities and insurance industries and much of federal housing. Read the rest of this page »
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Posted by Susy Thielen on September 25th, 2007 — in Housing News
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Freeman Klopott
Keene Sentinel Staff
Ashuelot River Park in Keene is going to have a new neighbor — 83 condominiums.
After more than two years of back and forth between the Keene Planning Board and the developer, the Boston-based Mayo Group, the planning board gave the project a green light Monday night in a 6-3 vote.
The development has met stiff opposition from Ashuelot River Park officials and residents in the surrounding neighborhood, who have said the 75-unit, 52-foot-tall, T-shaped building that will sit as close as 60 feet from the park’s edge is too big for a neighborhood with mostly single-family homes, and will cast a dark shadow on its surroundings.
The plan also calls for four separate two-unit townhouses on the 3.5-acre lot that currently serves as an overflow parking area for Colony Mill Marketplace and as access to Ashuelot River Park.
The Mayo Group owns Colony Mill and The Center at Keene. Read the rest of this page »
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Posted by Susy Thielen on September 16th, 2007 — in Housing News
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Sarah Palermo
Sentinel Staff
WINCHESTER — Though the Boston and Maine Railroad tracks by Franklin Mountain have been silent for some time, the property next door has been generating noise in recent months.
Rindge developer Robert Van Dyke has plans for what could be Winchester’s first planned residential development, on the property, and will appear before the planning board Monday night for a continuation of a public hearing.
The project, off Route 10 just south of Westport Road, could create 32 new condominium units and a community center run by a homeowner’s association. Read the rest of this page »
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Posted by Susy Thielen on September 16th, 2007 — in Housing News
Saturday, September 15, 2007
David Crary and RACHEL KONRAD
Associated Press
STAMFORD, Conn. — This isn’t how Simon and Jennifer Morris envisioned married life — sharing a charity-subsidized suite with four other hard-up families, abiding by a curfew and other rules that make them feel they are back in high school.
But for a working-class couple with two small children, trying to stick it out in their pricey hometown, housing options are few.
They abandoned their previous one-bedroom apartment when the rent rose from $1,200 to $1,425. Public housing has long waiting lists, so they moved into a shelter for dislocated families in a converted YMCA. The goal: Save enough money to move south and buy a home where costs are lower. Read the rest of this page »
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Posted by Susy Thielen on September 10th, 2007 — in Housing News
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Keene Sentinel
USDA, Rural Development’s Direct Home Loan program is available to income eligible households to purchase an existing home, a site on which construct a dwelling, or a condominium in rural areas.
Rural Development will hold a workshop on the program on Wednesday, Sept. 19, from 10 a.m. to noon at Keene Housing Authority, 831 Court St., Keene.
Laura Gibson, a Rural Development specialist, will answer questions about home buying and the USDA’s home-loan program.
For reservations or information, call Rural Development at 802-257-7878 extension 108.
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