Keyword Search: Affordable Housing
SJC-10642: FANEUIL INVESTORS GROUP, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP vs. BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF DENNIS & another.
Amicus due March 15, 2010 - Argument: May 6, 2010
Keywords: Affordable Housing - Local Government - Real Property
Question Presented: Whether a mortgage of real property is a “conveyance” triggering a reverter clause in the deed; whether the Board of Selectmen’s authorization to enter a deed requiring reverter on misuse of the property also authorized it to require reverter on conveyance.
Facts: The Board of Selectmen of the town of Dennis deeded a property to the Dennis Housing Authority (DHA) for the sum of $1, to be used for affordable housing. The …
SJC-10637: ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS OF AMESBURY vs. HOUSING APPEALS COMMITTEE & another
Amicus due March 15, 2010 - Argument: May 3, 2010
Keywords: Administrative Law - Affordable Housing - Local Government - Zoning
Question Presented: Whether the Housing Appeals Committee had power to strike down conditions imposed by a zoning board of appeals, on the ground that the board lacked authority to impose the conditions.
Facts: Attitash, a developer, applied to the zoning board of appeals for the city of Amesbury for a comprehensive permit to develop low income housing. The board granted the application with …
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