Boston PFC Approves Two Affordable Housing Conveyances in South Boston and Hyde Park

Uncategorized 2026-07-22 clip9067 · Meeting of July 22, 2026

Boston's Public Facilities Committee unanimously approved two affordable housing conveyances at its July 22 meeting. Chair Catherine Craven presided as the committee cleared the $39,000 sale of a 646-square-foot parcel at 83 Emerson Street in South Boston to Fresh Start Program LLC, a developer entity formed by James O'Donoghue, which will produce one deed-restricted homeownership unit affordable to buyers at no more than 150 percent of area median income and is expected to generate roughly $5,320 per year in property taxes. The committee also amended a June 2019 vote to reduce the purchase price for two Roseberry Road parcels in Hyde Park from $205,000 to $200 — $100 per parcel — and extended the tentative developer designation of Norfolk Design and Construction LLC by six months; Senior Staff Attorney James McDonough confirmed on the record that federal subsidy rules mandated the price reduction and that Massachusetts General Law Chapter 30B Section 16 did not require a new competitive bidding process.

The Hyde Park project will produce two affordable duplex townhouse units for first-time homebuyers at 80 and 100 percent of area median income.

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Source: the Uncategorized 2026-07-22 clip9067 meeting of July 22, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.