The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council (JPNC) Zoning Committee met virtually on February 3, and heard two items that brought many residents to the meeting to speak on the issues. The first was a proposal for the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (JPNDC) and New Atlantic Development to build a new five-story mixed-use building with 39 units of senior housing along with commercial space at 3371-3375 Washington St.
The second agenda item was a proposal at 3326-3328 Washington St. for the construction of a new residential building with 43 residential units.
3371-3375 WASHINGTON ST.
The senior housing project at 3371-3375 Washington St. has been presented to the community several times before, and Sam Montano of the JPNDC explained that the organization became involved in the project in 2017 to help save El Embajador restaurant.
The Coalition for a Truly Affordable Boston, a group of residents and community organizations who are calling on Mayor Martin Walsh to strengthen the city’s Inclusionary Development Policy (IDP), held a virtual speak-out on December 9 where members explained the current ID) policy and what they would like to see changed.
Jaya Aiyer, a Community Organizer at the Fenway Community Development Corporation (CDC) explained that the city’s current IDP includes a rule that developers must provide 13 percent affordable housing in new buildings, but “we know that 13 percent is not enough,” she said. “This 13 percent is supposed to go toward units in the building to be affordable, or it can go to external affordable development or job training.”