Housing -- Boston Metro       

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The ArtBlock 731 project by New Atlantic Development Corporation will transform the Old Bates School on Harrison Avenue in the South End into a major asset for Boston's art community.  The project was selected by the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) following the city's first Request for Proposals specifically seeking the development of artist work and live/work space.  ArtBlock 731 will consist of two new five-story buildings and a renovation of the existing Bates Arts Resource Center.  It will provide a total of 54 condominium units for residential and/or artist live/work space, plus two ground floor commercial spaces for gallery, workshop and community space. Additionally, the project includes a significant affordable component with 32 units designated for households earning up to 80% of median income.

• 10 live/work condominium duplex town houses
• 12 live/work condominium loft style flats
• 32 live/work condominium affordable artist live and work lofts

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Housing -- Boston Metro      

This new $22 million initiative helps make the purchase of a three-decker home in Boston affordable to low and moderate-income first-time homebuyers. In exchange for the financial assistance, the buyer agrees to rent one unit at affordable rates for 20 years. Each Three Decker Plus transaction thus provides one low to moderate-income family with home ownership and a second such family with an affordable rental unit.  Three Decker Plus is the result of a collaboration between the City of