LINCOLN – The developer behind Breakneck Hollow, a proposed affordable housing development off Breakneck Hill Road, is ready to appeal the town’s decision to deny the project.
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LINCOLN – After the so-called Breakneck Hollow development was denied by the Lincoln Planning Board, the team behind the proposed affordable housing project is hoping to reverse the decision through an appeal to the State Housing Appeals Board.
Women’s Development Corp. first pitched the project in June of 2018, calling for a two-building, 44-unit affordable housing complex to be built on a 12-acre property located across from the MacColl YMCA on Breakneck Hill Road.
By the end of 2018, Town Planner Al Ranaldi had issued a certificate of non-completeness, the first in his tenure as planner, to effectively stop the proposed development from moving forward to the Planning Board.
2/24/2021
Lincoln making progress toward 10 percent affordable housing
The recently completed Lincoln Lofts at the historic Sayles Mill complex added 45 affordable housing units to the town’s roster. The developer behind the mill rehabilitation is in the process of renovating a second building in the complex, and has applied to build a three-building affordable living community in Manville. (Breeze photo by Nicole Dotzenrod)
LINCOLN – Seventeen years ago, the town of Lincoln adopted an affordable housing strategy with a goal of having 10 percent or more of Lincoln’s housing stock designated as affordable.
Enacted under former Town Administrator Sue Shephard, the town’s plan coincided with the state’s Low and Moderate Income Housing Act, which established the 10 percent threshold.