Developer Slowing Road Fears in Saugus
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2016 Mayor: Lynn can’t afford more affordable housing By Thomas Grillo count includes deed-restricted units that 4,000 Section 8 vouchers, the federal pro- housing, used a bullhorn to advocate for ITEM STAFF remain affordable in perpetuity. gram that assists low-income families, more low- and moderate-income units. Only 14 Bay State cities and towns have elders and the disabled afford housing They held signs that said “Lynn Says No LYNN — City of cials say Lynn has a a larger percentage of low-income housing: in the private market, and perhaps as To Gentri cation” and “Lynn Families Be- suf cient amount of affordable housing Aquinnah on Martha’s Vineyard, Bedford, many as another 1,000 federal vouchers fore Developer’s Pro ts.” and what the city needs is an infusion Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea, Gardner, that are not tracked and the number of “To tell a developer ‘If you don’t do what of market-rate homes and new residents Green eld, Hadley, Holyoke, Lawrence, people living in shelters — bringing the we say, we will shut you down,’ there’s no with deep pockets to occupy them. Lowell, North Adams, Spring eld and total to more than 25 percent. place for that,” he said. “Take your bull- In its most recent report, the state De- Worcester, according to the DHCD. Cowdell objected to a protest that was horn and go to Lynn eld, go to Swamp- partment of Housing and Community James Cowdell, executive director of the held earlier this month before a develop- scott, go to Marblehead; how can you Development (DHCD) said of the nearly Lynn Economic Development & Industri- er’s tour of the city when two dozen mem- make that argument in Lynn?” 35,701 housing units in the city, 12.5 per- al Corp.
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