Housing and Redevelopment

At a glance

What: housing production, tenant protections and redevelopment sites.
Where it stands: The Redevelopment Authority's October 21 agenda covered Appleton Street Phase II with WinnDevelopment, Newton Street with Way Finders, MassDevelopment site readiness and an Armour Building land sale. A Clean Slate and tenant opportunity to purchase (TOPA) resolution is pending in DGR, and an order for an Office of Tenants' Rights is in the Ordinance Committee.
Next: DGR action on the TOPA resolution.

Councilors Panitch and Thalheimer have orders for reporting on a problem-properties list.
The Council declared 87 Newton Street surplus on September 2 (12-0).

The city's posted agendas and approved minutes on https://www.holyoke.org/departments/public-meetings/ and meeting video from the Holyoke Media YouTube channel.

Declared the city property on Newton St surplus, 12-0. See Housing and Redevelopment.

A Clean Slate and housing-stability (TOPA) resolution (Councilors Purcell and Anderson-Burgos) was referred to DGR. See Housing and Redevelopment.

A Rivera order for a Community Response Division and Purcell orders for a Citizens Police Review Board and an Office of Tenants' Rights. See Police Technology and Oversight and Housing and Redevelopment.

Orders from Councilors Panitch and Thalheimer on problem-properties lists and reports (see Housing and Redevelopment) and a GLOVE-ban ordinance order (see Police Technology and Oversight); a tree-pit and stump plan (see Urban Forestry and Tree Planning).