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Building Affordable Housing
Request for Proposals: Blue Hill Ave B1 Parcels
A Request for Proposals (RFP) for the first ten parcels to be made available under the Blue Hill Avenue Action Plan was released on May 3rd. This RFP for Blue Hill Avenue B1 Parcels is the first group of 30 City-owned parcels being offered.
Redevelopment goals are to support the creation of new mixed-use development, such as affordable housing with first floor retail, food markets, cafes/dine-in restaurants, and cultural arts centers. This RFP was shaped by the feedback the City received through online community meetings, multiple walking tours, interactive multilingual signage on designated parcels, and multilingual online surveys about potential site uses. The community process also called for promoting opportunities for residents and businesses to participate in neighborhood development, and to maximize efforts to increase equity and inclusion. To ensure that there is plenty of time for continued pu
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Linkage Increase Signed Into Law
Last month, the City signed a 42 percent increase in Boston’s Linkage fees into law. The Linkage Program requires large scale commercial developments of more than 100,000 square feet in Boston to pay into funds that support the creation of affordable housing and workforce development. The increase will raise the current fees to $15.39 per square foot, of which $13.00 will be dedicated to affordable housing and $2.39 will be dedicated to workforce training. The funds collected through Linkage are administered by the Neighborhood Housing Trust through the Department of Neighborhood Development (DND) and the Neighborhood Jobs Trust through the Mayor s Office of Workforce Development. Since 2014, the Linkage program has generated over $80 million to support affordable housing and job training from new development.
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