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Voters at Weston Town Meeting approved spending just over $1 million from the town s Community Preservation Act (CPA) fund to build two units of affordable rental housing at 8-10 Birch Lane off of Rte. 20.
The property was donated by Polly Dickson to the Weston Affordable Housing Foundation Inc. (WAHFI) in 2014, “so it’s been a long, long time in evolving and developing what we’re presenting today, WAHFI President Peter Endicott told Town Meeting voters.
WAHFI currently manages six affordable units scattered throughout Weston, including a two-family unit on Pine Street, which was built in 2009 for $760,000, and a two-family unit on Viles Street, which was built in 2014 for nearly $1.2 million.
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The Select Board is unanimously supporting a proposal from the Weston Affordable Housing Foundation Inc. (WAHFI) to spend just over $1 million to build a new duplex at 8-10 Birch Lane off of Rte. 20, despite concerns from the Finance Committee that the price tag is too high.
Residents at Town Meeting on May 15 will have the final vote on whether the project, which would consist of two affordable units of three bedrooms each, receives funding from the town s Community Preservation Act (CPA) account.
Each unit would be for rental only, consisting of a little over 1,600 square feet and including one-and-a-half bathrooms and a garage.