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Needham Housing Authority seeks $3.5 million CPC award to preserve Seabeds Way senior housing
Summary
The Needham Housing Authority requested $3.5 million in CPC funds for a gut renovation of Seabeds Way (46 senior units) as part of a longer multi-site preservation plan; presenters said the total project costs are about $20 million and that CPA-eligible work is focused on exterior, life-safety systems and accessibility upgrades.
The Needham Housing Authority (NHA) presented a $3.5 million Community Preservation Committee request on March 12 to fund CPA-eligible preservation work at Seabeds Way, a 76-unit development where NHA plans to focus on the 46 senior units as a first phase of a broader preservation-and-redevelopment initiative.
Reg Foster, chair of the NHA and a CPC member, reviewed the authority's multi-year preservation plan for its 336 units and explained the authority reduced its original $5.6 million CPA request to $3.5 million so other competing projects could also be considered by the CPC. He said the requested CPA funds would cover…
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