Under contract with MassHousing Partnership (MHP), PPRI is working with the Westminster Zoning Board of Appeals to review a 40B affordable housing development. The project proposes 108 units of housing in five buildings, located on Sargent Road.
Burbank Woods (Sutton, MA)
PPRI is working with the Zoning Board in the town of Sutton, MA to review a proposed 16-unit subdivision. The project is proposed under the special provisions of state’s “Chapter 40B” program to encourage and allow the development of affordable housing.
Planning for “MBTA/3A Multifamily Housing” (Topsfield, MA)
Under a statewide technical assistance contract, PPRI worked with planners in the town of Topsfield, MA to develop, analyze, and implement new zoning for “by-right” multifamily housing, consistent with the state’s “MBTA 3A Multifamily Zoning” requirements (Section 3A of MGL c. 40A).
The proposed zoning bylaw, which included a new 15.8 acre overlay district capable of supporting up to 118 units of new by-right multifamily housing, was approved in Spring, 2024 by more than two-thirds of the voters.