tehmeangene t1_j81opjb wrote on February 10, 2023 at 11:38 PM

Reply to comment by Audioengineer68 in The Salem News: Developer proposes apartments above MBTA garage by Live-Breath9799

It's one thing if it were affordable housing but none of those buildings around Beverly Depot are anywhere near affordable.

2br ranging between 2.7k and 3.5k and 1br all over 2k. I get it's near the commuter rail but that's steep.

NewspaperEconomy5473 t1_j826d61 wrote on February 11, 2023 at 1:53 AM

This attitude is exactly why we are so deep in a housing shortage. Because people want to nitpick every development and hold them to unreasonable standards.

We need all kinds of new housing, not just affordable housing. Setting unrealistic quotas for affordable units only makes new housing more expensive to build. We need to remove barriers for new construction, not create new ones.

Audioengineer68 t1_j82ch4t wrote on February 11, 2023 at 2:42 AM

I would be a little more amenable to the project myself if a larger portion of the available new residencies were designated low income. Especially when the financing gets murky.

fireball_jones t1_j81x5hl wrote on February 11, 2023 at 12:41 AM

It's a nice town and you're renting right next to the Commuter Rail that can get you into Boston in 30 minutes. Not to mention there's been lots of plans to further develop the other sides of the tacks with affordable housing but people keeping NIMBYing it.