Allston Brighton
CDC Affordable Housing
The Allston Brighton CDC has developed over 500 units of
housing in Allston Brighton. The rental properties are
managed by Maloney
Properties.
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Ashford
Street Lodging House
40 - 42 Ashford St
Allston, MA
A 12-unit single-room-occupancy house for individuals
with special needs, developed in 1993. Ashford Street
is a converted Victorian house that was in serious
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Brian
J. Honan Apartments - Allston
Everett St
Allston, MA
The Brian J. Honan Apartments is a 50-unit multi-family
rental property that welcomed its first residents
in 2005. In 2002, with the help of the late City
Councilor, Brian J. Honan, Allston Brighton CDC
purchased the former Legal Sea Foods Company Headquarters and Warehouse
on 33 Everett Street in Allston. The old industrial
building was demolished and replaced with nine buildings
in an attractive, well- landscaped setting that
includes designated parking and many amenities.
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Brighton
Allston Apartments - Allston
1387 Comm. Ave
Allston, MA
Brighton Allston Apartments is 60-unit multi-family
rental property, acquired in 1996 and renovated
in 1997. Brighton Allston Apartments is located
on two sites, on Commonwealth Avenue in Allston,
and Washington Street in Brighton. The Washington
Street site has innovative landscaping while the
Commonwealth Ave. site has excellent public transportation
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Brighton
Allston Apartments - Brighton
439 - 501 Washington St.
Brighton, MA
See Brighton Allston Apartments description above.
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Carol
Avenue Cooperative
6 -12 Carol Ave.
Brighton, MA A 33-unit mixed-income cooperative,
developed in 1990. |
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Commonwealth
Apartments
1285 Comm. Ave
Allston, MA
In the 1990's, this 118-unit multi-family rental
property was at risk of losing its affordability,
together with its neighbor, the Glenville Apartments,
which had the same owner. For thirteen years, ABCDC
and the tenants worked together to organize the
residents to preserve these apartments as affordable.
In 1997, ABCDC and the tenants bought the buildings
together, guaranteeing that they would stay affordable
for the long term. Today, the apartments are run
by a joint ownership board made up of tenants and
ABCDC.
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Glenville
Apartments
58 - 90 Glenville Ave.
Allston, MA
117-unit multi-family rental property was bought
by the tenants and ABCDC in 1997, with its neighbor,
the Commonwealth Apts. See above.
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Hano
Homes
1 - 39 Hano St.
Allston, MA
This 20-unit multi-family rental property, comprised
of ten rowhouses on Hano Street, first purchased
by ABCDC in the early 1980's, was completed
and renovated in 2003.
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Oak
Square School
A 10-unit condominium development created in the former
Oak Square School. Financed as condominiums affordable
to moderate-income homebuyers, Oak Square School provides
an example of how historic renovation can be part
of successful community development. The Oak Square
School is the last remaining wooden schoolhouse in
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Community
Condominiums
While door-knocking in 1996, ABCDC discovered that
nine condos that were slated for auction by the FDIC
had low-income elderly residents who had previously
been protected by rent control. ABCDC convinced the
FDIC to pull the units from the auction, protecting
the tenants from sure eviction. For eight years, we
worked with the City of Boston and the FDIC to ensure
that the properties be sold to an owner who would
continue to protect the tenants. Now, ABCDC has become
the owner. We are renovating the units and renting
them out affordably.
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Ray Dooley Apartments
10 Long Avenue, Allston
The 59 3BR, 2BR, 1BR
and studio units were converted from market-rate
to affordable rentals in 2006. This development is named after Ray Dooley, a founding
member of the Allston Brighton CDC in 1980. Ray was also
responsible for the creation of Boston's Neighborhood
Housing Trust and the implementation of Boston's successful
housing linkage program that has helped to create more
than 7,650 affordable homes in over 20 years.
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