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Zoning board approves Quincy Housing Authority plan for 16 affordable units at Bicknell Street
Summary
The Zoning Board approved a special permit and variances for Quincy Housing Authority / Quincy Development Corporation to build two four-story buildings (eight units each) totaling 16 affordable, two-bedroom units on an undeveloped lot at the O'Brien Towers entrance; the board and public expressed support.
The Quincy Zoning Board of Appeals voted on Dec. 10 to approve a Quincy Housing Authority (QHA) application to build two four-story buildings totaling 16 new affordable family units on a vacant lot near O’Brien Towers at the entrance to Snug Harbor.
James Marathas, executive director of the Quincy Housing Authority and representative of Quincy Development Corporation, told the board the roughly 17,277-square-foot lot would host two four-story buildings, each containing eight two-bedroom units intended to remain affordable in perpetuity under the authority's plan to convert federal public housing holdings into project-based Section 8 ownership by Quincy Development Corporation.
"This project would be the first project for Quincy Development Corporation," Marathas said. He described a…
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