AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST - HIGHLIGHTS

LAWSON GREEN APARTMENTS
LAWSON GREEN APARTMENTS

Highlights

2008: Town of Scituate Affordable Housing Trust established by a vote at the Annual Town Meeting to provide for the preservation and creation of affordable housing in the Town to benefit low and moderate-income households.

2013: A home on Carrie Litchfield Lane owned by the Trust was sold via lottery to a qualified applicant.

2015: The Trust funded an update to the Scituate Housing Production Plan.

2017: A home on Stockbridge Road, which was built on one of two lots owned by the Trust as part of a 41B development agreement, was sold via lottery to a qualified applicant.

2017: A joint partnership between the Trust, the Scituate Housing Authority and the Community Preservation Committee was formed to help finance "Lawson Green Apartments", an affordable housing development for moderate-income seniors which will add 30 units to the affordable housing stock; the project was approved at the 2018 Annual Town Meeting.