Habitat For Humanity Building 2 Homes, Townhouse In Malden

MALDEN, MA — Habitat for Humanity is building affordable housing on Main Street in Malden. The organization is building two single-family homes and a six-unit townhouse across from Pine Banks Park with the help of volunteers from Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational High School.

Students from the school's Carpentry Career Technical Program will be working at the site until May. They have been volunteering 30 hours per week.

"A sincere thanks to the school, its teachers and students for volunteering their time to bring new affordable housing to the city of Malden," Mayor Gary Christenson said in a statement.

Habitat for Humanity purchased the former problem property from the Malden Redevelopment Authority. A Malden family and Everett family were winners of the single-family homes lottery, and families will be selected for the townhouse via a lottery system.

Persons interested in receiving notice when the application process begins for Phase Two of the Habitat for Humanity Greater Boston (Habitat) Main Street, Malden project (the six unit townhouse development) should contact Mary Gregory at marygregory@habitatboston.org.

To qualify for the Habitat homeownership program, household income must be between 50 percent and 80 percent of the area median income established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Further information is available on the Habitat website: www.habitatboston.org.