Three affordable housing starts in Dorchester get BPDA okays

A rendering of Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation's proposal at 151 Spencer Street. Courtesy of Studio Luz Architects

The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) last week approved three fully-affordable housing projects in Dorchester and authorized the creation and installation of a new mural at the Mattapan Teen Center. 

Two of the projects were Codman Square Neighborhood Development proposals. The first is a four-story residential building with 19 units— 4 of which will be made available to formerly homeless individuals— at 151 Spencer St. The second is for a complex at 25 New England Avenue that will include a four-story building with 23 income-restricted  residential units. Of the total units, five will be made available to formally homeless households and three will be handicap accessible.

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Proposal at 25 New England Avenue

The third okay advanced TLee Development’s Travis Lee’s plans for a four-story mixed-use, 100 percent income-restricted building at 270 Talbot Ave. with 21 rental units and three handicap accessible units. The ground floor will include retail space for two businesses. 

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TLee Development's proposal at 270 Talbot Avenue

This month, over 61 percent of new units approved by the BPDA board are income-restricted. In September, 271 new units, representing 90 percent of all new housing units permitted, were income-restricted, the most in any month since 2014.

The approval of a new mural at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston’s Mattapan Teen Center is part of the PLAN: Mattapan Public Art Project.  The BPDA expects to issue a call of artists for murals at three other locations later in the neighborhood this year followed by a public selection process. 


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