Local News: Groton, MA 

 | 

Sign Up

 | 

Sign In

Townsend Woods

Full story: Nashoba Publishing

The phone has been ringing off the hook at Atwood Acres. People are eagerly awaiting the lottery that will determine who gets to live in the new Townsend Woods apartment building.

Read

3 Comments

More Groton Discussions »

Comments

Showing posts 1 - 3 of3
Jim

Fitchburg, MA

|
Report Abuse
|
Judge it!
|
#1
Jan 7, 2011
 

Judged:

1

1

1

It will be interesting to see how many elderly Townsend residents get to live there vs low income out of staters. let the process being!!
bormin

Fitchburg, MA

|
Report Abuse
|
Judge it!
|
#2
Jan 11, 2011
 
Have to agree that not many of the people that have supported this town for years and have raised their children here will be among the new residents. Just as in the case of the Habitat for Humanity house it will be another one of the subsidized housing for "new residents" of this town. In this respect it isn't unlike the whole country now which is a great tragedy for us all.My children won't be able to live here and I won't be able to retire here. I will head south.
Sue- Ashby MA

Boston, MA

|
Report Abuse
|
Judge it!
|
#3
Jan 13, 2011
 
The Townsend Woods project is a federally financed property, with additional support from the Massachusetts DHCD. HUD does not allow for preferences to local or even in-state applicants. Any person who is age and income eligible will have an equal chance of being placed through this lottery system. Those who applied early will not have a jump on those who applied later. If local applicants were given first preference, the government would consider it an unfair advantage. If Townsend residents end up not well represented among the original tenants, it will probably be because very few locals have applied, and so many more non-residents have taken the opportunity to do so.

Tell me when this thread is updated:
(Registration is not required)

Add to my Tracker

Send me an email

Showing posts 1 - 3 of3
Type in your comments below
Name
(appears on your post)
Comments
Characters left: 4000
Type the numbers you see in the image on the right:

Please note by clicking on "Post Comment" you acknowledge that you have read the Terms of Service and the comment you are posting is in compliance with such terms. Be polite. Inappropriate posts may be removed by the moderator. Send us your feedback.

Other Recent Groton Discussions

Search the Groton Forum:
Topic Updated Last By Comments
MA Who do you support for U.S. Senate in Massachus... (Oct '10) 27 min just the facts 4,488
NET Laundromat Jun 16 InTheKnow 5
Bubble-It Laundromat (Apr '12) Jun 16 curiosity 27
Parking a challenge to Main Street commerce Jun 11 Jill 2
snowmobile crash in jan 2010 (Dec '11) Jun 11 Love 3
Snowmobile crash ruled an accident - Sentinel &... (Jan '10) Jun 11 Love 27
Serving life for Ayer murder, ex-Green Beret su... (Jan '09) Jun 10 interested person 54

Flood Warning for Middlesex County was issued at June 19 at 11:41AM EDT

Compare Rates in Groton

Drivers in Groton are able to get insurance for as low as $9/week. Enter your zip code below and start saving today:

Get Your FREE Quote

Groton Jobs

Mortgages [ See current mortgage rates ]

Groton People Search

Addresses and phone numbers for FREE

Groton News, Events & Info

Click for news, events and info in Groton

Daily Horoscope for June 19

Sagittarius

Don't be surprised if a member of the family is unpredictable or does things on the spur of the moment today. There's nothing to worry about because they won't do anything too alarming or disruptive. In fact, their actions will be like a breath of fresh air and they may even help you to escape from a current rut. So don't hesitate to be that little bit different yourself, either.

Get your Horoscope »