CPA Projects Database

Printed book of historic buildings

Publication of historic building data book

Production and distribution complete

Restoration of the chimney and fireplace at the historic Cooke House. The Cooke House is owned by the Martha's Vineyard Museum and is in the Historic District and on the Registry of Historic Places.

Historically preserve and restore outside of "Cooke House" circa 1730. Part of the MV Museum and on the National Register of Historic Places.

Phase 3 covers installation of dehumidification and exterior restoration to roof, windows and gutters.

Help pay for professional design service to convert cafeteria of the "Old School" into a theater and community space.

The base of this brownstone monument with the inscription "The Dead of 1704" is deteriorating and two courses of brick that support the monument must be replaced. The monument stone must be lifted from the foundation. Lichen must be removed from the monument itself. Once the foundation has been repaired, the monument will be reinstalled atop its pedestal and the surrounding ground restored.

Reconstruction of the Old Burial Ground's southern stone wall using funds previously appropriated into the "Historic Properties Preservation Fund" articles dated 3/25/08. $22,500 was transferred from into this new article for the specific project leaving a balance of $174,099 in the article dated 3/25/08.

Replacement of Bedford Freight House deck and railings.

Purchase Williams property for open space. Seller: Jeanne Williams

Acquisition of a 5.92 acre vacant lot in Marstons Mills village for open space and passive recreation, education, and nature study purposes. A conservation restriction will be held by Barnstable Land Trust. Acquisition of this parcel will protect water quality and wildlife along Bumps River, Scudder Bay and Coombs Bog and provide connection to 27 acres of Town-owned land for the opportunity for walking trails.

Acquisition of a 14.12 acre parcel for open space and recreation. Map 339 parcel 002

Homeowner's Rehab, Inc. purchased this 16-unit building to rehabilitate and preserve vital low-income rental housing in Cambridge. The project has a mix of family sized two-and three-bedroom units and four studio apartments. HRI has replaced the building's heating system and gas line and is renovating the kitchens and bathrooms in each unit, providing quality rental units with long-term affordability.

Grant to South Shore Habitat for Humanity for site work to build 1 single-family affordable home on land donated by the Town, which the Town also did pre-development engineering work on. The grant concludes Town funding. Construction is beginning Fall 2019 with occupancy anticipated for Summer 2020.

Purchase of 10 Lowell St

The Housing Corporation of Arlington (HCA) acquired property in October, 2022 that is the site of a former automotive business and intends to build 43 units of permanently affordable housing, adding substantially to the 150 affordable apartments throughout Arlington already owned by HCA. As the applicants explain, “With the development of 10 Sunnyside Avenue, the HCA seeks to support families who make a low-income and expand affordable housing in Arlington by providing beautiful, energy-efficient homes for a range of family sizes in a building with quality-of-life amenities
” This project will benefit the neighborhood by replacing an unattractive, underutilized former industrial property with a greatly improved streetscape, including planned rooftop garden, while also planning to provide some community meeting space. As has been true with prior HCA developments, most notably the 48-unit Downing Square Broadway initiative, CPA and other local funding awards will be leveraged to obtain the additional funding, making it possible for HCA to raise the full amount (estimated at $23,809,156) required for this project. In its application, HCA described the status of its efforts to obtain such funding, including plans to apply for the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) One Stop Funding Round; DHCD requires a substantial local funding commitment to award its subsides. This proposed CPA award, in combination with $250,000 in funding from the CPA-supported Arlington Affordable Housing Trust Fund (AHTF) (See “Arlington Affordable Housing Trust Fund” project), is expected to demonstrate strong local commitment for this exciting project to the DHCD and other potential funders.

Rehabilitate an existing 2-family house as two, 2-bedroom rental units, permanently affordable to households at 50% and 80% of the area median income. This project's perpetual affordability restriction is recorded on Book 67169, Page 105, at the South Middlesex Registry of Deeds. For additional information, see the project's page on our website, www.newtonma.gov/cpa, under "Proposals & Projects - Completed."

Provides funding to support the purchase of 100 Cole Road by the Eastham Conservation Foundation.

Unanticipated carrying costs for 100 Homes properties (Overages accumulated on 100 Homes properties that were already in process. The funds paid were used to pay for carrying costs, such as interest that accumulated on MHIC loans when projects were delayed due to unforeseen circumstances.

The goal of the 100 Homes Program is to create affordable units by acquiring existing properties that represent a mix of single and multi-bedroom units, and rent them to households with mix of incomes at affordable rent levels. The initiative is building on the success of the 100 Homes pilot funded in FY15. This phase of the project resulted in eight units in three properties.

Unanticipated carrying costs for 100 Homes properties (overages accumulated on 100 Homes properties that were already in process. The funds paid were used to pay for carrying costs, such as interest that accumulated on MHIC loans when projects were delayed due to unforeseen circumstances).

Part of the 100 Homes Initiative, a 3-family property was acquired, creating one unit affordable at 50% AMI and two units affordable at 80% AMI.

As part of the 100 Homes Initiative, a property was acquired to create two new units affordable at 100% AMI.