Mayor Wu announced today the money will go to "address plumbing, ventilation, windows, and kitchen and bathroom improvements" in 526 apartments at the Mildred Hailey Apartments in Jamaica Plain.
The money is separate from another project by a group of non-profit developers to raze several buildings at the sprawling complex in Jackson Square and replace their current 253 Section 8 apartments with all new units, plus add additional new apartments both at Mildred Hailey and nearby.
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Thanks for Clarifying
By DigitalSciGuy
Thu, 01/20/2022 - 3:09pm
Thanks for clarifying on that second point, Adam. A few neighbors at Mildred Hailey have voiced concerns about the fact that they fall into a gap between the first phase of the Mildred Hailey redevelopment and full completion, where they'll have to remain in units that have been in decay for years due to underinvestment in the BHA. Of the 253 units being replaced in that project, 162 units aren't slated for replacement until later phases pending future grant funding to the nonprofit housing developer coalition and right now the construction.
Since this is planned to be 4 phases of redevelopment that may take upwards of 10 years to complete, I worry that these folks weren't included in some portion of that $50 mil unless this has been addressed elsewhere that I haven't yet heard about.
Sounds like a lot
By jl326
Thu, 01/20/2022 - 3:57pm
But with 526 units and some of the work be infrastructure-related, ~$95K/unit sounds... about reasonable?
Sounds maybe even a bit low.
By DPM
Thu, 01/20/2022 - 4:33pm
Sounds maybe even a bit low.
Labor aint cheap.
Labor hasn’t changed much
By anon
Thu, 01/20/2022 - 5:47pm
It materials. A sheet of plywood is about $50 currently.
Wholesale vs retail
By ElizaLeila
Thu, 01/20/2022 - 6:33pm
Contractors don't pay the same price as you and I.
materials are expensive
By anon
Thu, 01/20/2022 - 7:54pm
wholesale, retail, Holiday Inn.
If you keep talking nonsense, I’ll just take your friend.
Are you suggesting
By anon
Thu, 01/20/2022 - 8:42pm
Their costs aren’t up?
Not at all
By ElizaLeila
Fri, 01/21/2022 - 9:07am
Just not as high as they are when buying retail.
Prices have surged - even for
By anon
Fri, 01/21/2022 - 8:32am
Prices have surged - even for contractors.
nevermind
By ElizaLeila
Mon, 01/24/2022 - 4:09pm
not worth the argument with anons.
~$95K/unit sounds... about
By anon
Fri, 01/21/2022 - 4:01pm
But it won't be $95K per unit after everyone gets their cut.
Please make transparent
By anon
Thu, 01/20/2022 - 8:16pm
Please make transparent (unless I missed it because I'm not a lawyer for BHA) if the other "across town" housing "offered" to existing residents displaced mean they don't have to wait and can just move into those "across town" units immediately while their units are torn down?
There aren’t very many spare
By eherot
Fri, 01/21/2022 - 9:46am
There aren’t very many spare units in the portfolio so the ability to shuffle people around like this is extremely limited and dependent on new on-site units coming online, so there are only so many people that can be displaced at once.
Are you asking about Phase 1?
By bibliotequetress
Fri, 01/21/2022 - 2:20pm
Are you asking about Phase 1? This is a different project from Phase 1.
The scope of the work for this project does not require people to be rehoused. Plumbing, ventilation, window replacement, and basic bath & kitchen improvements can largely occur with the residents in situ.
If you are asking about Phase 1, it was deliberately planned to move slowly & in phases, building by building through the seven buildings being rebuilt, in part to mitigate the need to find housing for so many people at once.
From the Phase 1 FAQ:
https://haileyapartments.com/
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