Boston PFC Approves Six Housing Dispositions and a $1.5 Million School Design Contract

BOSTON — April 29, 2026 — Boston Public Facilities Commission advances 71-plus affordable units and a $1.5 million school design contract. The commission, chaired by Catherine Craven, approved all nine substantive votes on its April 29 agenda without dissent, including three Welcome Home Boston Phase 3 developer designations targeting households at up to 135 percent of area median income across Dorchester and Hyde Park, and a final conveyance for ODJ Dev LLC's 48-unit affordable homeownership project on Parker and Terrace Streets in Mission Hill at a purchase price of $1,100, with closing expected in July 2026. A seven-month extension was granted to Eco Homes Highland Park LLC for eight Roxbury parcels after a zoning legal challenge slowed progress, and the Boston Food Forest Coalition was designated to turn a Millmont Street parcel into a community open space with edible plantings. On the Public Facilities Department side, commissioners approved a $1.5 million contract with Arrow Street Inc. — selected through the Massachusetts School Building Authority's Designer Selection Panel on March 10, 2026 — to begin feasibility and schematic design work on a unified Shaw-Taylor Elementary School replacing two buildings constructed in 1919 and 1931 that lack gymnasiums, cafeterias, and adequate accessibility.